# Fonts Like Limelight

12 open fonts whose letters are closest to Limelight, ranked by a glyph comparison. All free for commercial use.

## Quick Answer

The closest open font to Limelight is Poller One (similarity 52), then Rammetto One and Candal. Poller One is released under the SIL Open Font License 1.1 and is free for commercial use.

## Ranked Open Lookalikes (12 Fonts)

> Note: Scores under 50 indicate no open font is very close; these share some traits.

| Rank | Font | Similarity Score | Licence | Details |
| :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- |
| #1 | **Poller One** | 52 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/poller-one/](/fonts/poller-one.md) |
| #2 | **Rammetto One** | 49 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/rammetto-one/](/fonts/rammetto-one.md) |
| #3 | **Candal** | 49 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/candal/](/fonts/candal.md) |
| #4 | **Bigshot One** | 48 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/bigshot-one/](/fonts/bigshot-one.md) |
| #5 | **Abril Fatface** | 47 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/abril-fatface/](/fonts/abril-fatface.md) |
| #6 | **Tilt Warp** | 46 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/tilt-warp/](/fonts/tilt-warp.md) |
| #7 | **Changa One** | 46 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/changa-one/](/fonts/changa-one.md) |
| #8 | **Paytone One** | 45 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/paytone-one/](/fonts/paytone-one.md) |
| #9 | **Yeseva One** | 45 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/yeseva-one/](/fonts/yeseva-one.md) |
| #10 | **Rubik One** | 44 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/rubik-one/](/fonts/rubik-one.md) |
| #11 | **Peace Sans** | 44 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/peace-sans/](/fonts/peace-sans.md) |
| #12 | **Emblema One** | 43 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/emblema-one/](/fonts/emblema-one.md) |

## Other Scripts With Similar Latin Letters

- **Chonburi** (Thai): Similarity 53, licence OFL-1.1 - [/fonts/chonburi/](/fonts/chonburi.md)
- **Rozha One** (Deva): Similarity 46, licence OFL-1.1 - [/fonts/rozha-one/](/fonts/rozha-one.md)
- **Lalezar** (Arab): Similarity 45, licence OFL-1.1 - [/fonts/lalezar/](/fonts/lalezar.md)

## Scoring Method

62 letters and digits (A-Z a-z 0-9) rendered at 160px cap height on a 32x32 grid with 3px gaussian blur, combined with edge-orientation texture (15% weight). Scores are normalized so that 0 represents an average pair of fonts across the 1571 compared fonts, and 100 represents identical letter shapes. Computed on 2026-10-22 using glyph-shape + edge-texture v2.

## Machine API

JSON representation available at [/api/fonts-like/limelight.json](/api/fonts-like/limelight.json).