# Fonts Like Mali

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

## Quick Answer

The closest open font to Mali is Tilt Neon (similarity 58), then Balsamiq Sans and SN Pro. Tilt Neon 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 | **Tilt Neon** | 58 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/tilt-neon/](/fonts/tilt-neon.md) |
| #2 | **Balsamiq Sans** | 55 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/balsamiq-sans/](/fonts/balsamiq-sans.md) |
| #3 | **SN Pro** | 53 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/sn-pro/](/fonts/sn-pro.md) |
| #4 | **Sniglet** | 53 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/sniglet/](/fonts/sniglet.md) |
| #5 | **Fredoka** | 51 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/fredoka/](/fonts/fredoka.md) |
| #6 | **Baloo 2** | 50 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/baloo-2/](/fonts/baloo-2.md) |
| #7 | **Averia Sans Libre** | 48 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/averia-sans-libre/](/fonts/averia-sans-libre.md) |
| #8 | **Salsa** | 48 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/salsa/](/fonts/salsa.md) |
| #9 | **Cause** | 48 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/cause/](/fonts/cause.md) |
| #10 | **Delius** | 48 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/delius/](/fonts/delius.md) |
| #11 | **National Park** | 47 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/national-park/](/fonts/national-park.md) |
| #12 | **Solway** | 47 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/solway/](/fonts/solway.md) |

## Other Scripts With Similar Latin Letters

- **Dongle** (Kore): Similarity 56, licence OFL-1.1 - [/fonts/dongle/](/fonts/dongle.md)
- **RocknRoll One** (Jpan): Similarity 52, licence OFL-1.1 - [/fonts/rocknroll-one/](/fonts/rocknroll-one.md)
- **Itim** (Thai): Similarity 50, licence OFL-1.1 - [/fonts/itim/](/fonts/itim.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/mali.json](/api/fonts-like/mali.json).