# Fonts Like Mandali

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

## Quick Answer

The closest open font to Mandali is SN Pro (similarity 83), then Varela Round and Gantari. SN Pro is released under the SIL Open Font License 1.1 and is free for commercial use.

## Ranked Open Lookalikes (12 Fonts)

| Rank | Font | Similarity Score | Licence | Details |
| :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- |
| #1 | **SN Pro** | 83 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/sn-pro/](/fonts/sn-pro.md) |
| #2 | **Varela Round** | 82 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/varela-round/](/fonts/varela-round.md) |
| #3 | **Gantari** | 79 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/gantari/](/fonts/gantari.md) |
| #4 | **Nunito Sans** | 78 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/nunito-sans/](/fonts/nunito-sans.md) |
| #5 | **Mulish** | 78 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/mulish/](/fonts/mulish.md) |
| #6 | **Nunito** | 77 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/nunito/](/fonts/nunito.md) |
| #7 | **Figtree** | 76 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/figtree/](/fonts/figtree.md) |
| #8 | **Liter** | 76 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/liter/](/fonts/liter.md) |
| #9 | **Albert Sans** | 76 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/albert-sans/](/fonts/albert-sans.md) |
| #10 | **Instrument Sans** | 75 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/instrument-sans/](/fonts/instrument-sans.md) |
| #11 | **Miranda Sans** | 75 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/miranda-sans/](/fonts/miranda-sans.md) |
| #12 | **Inter** | 74 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/inter/](/fonts/inter.md) |

## Other Scripts With Similar Latin Letters

- **NTR** (Telu): Similarity 81, licence OFL-1.1 - [/fonts/ntr/](/fonts/ntr.md)
- **Huninn** (Hant): Similarity 77, licence OFL-1.1 - [/fonts/huninn/](/fonts/huninn.md)
- **Mingzat** (Lepc): Similarity 77, licence OFL-1.1 - [/fonts/mingzat/](/fonts/mingzat.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/mandali.json](/api/fonts-like/mandali.json).