# Fonts Like Matangi

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

## Quick Answer

The closest open font to Matangi is Noto Sans Display (similarity 70), then Open Sans and Exo. Noto Sans Display 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 | **Noto Sans Display** | 70 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/noto-sans-display/](/fonts/noto-sans-display.md) |
| #2 | **Open Sans** | 70 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/open-sans/](/fonts/open-sans.md) |
| #3 | **Exo** | 69 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/exo/](/fonts/exo.md) |
| #4 | **Gafata** | 69 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/gafata/](/fonts/gafata.md) |
| #5 | **Coda** | 69 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/coda/](/fonts/coda.md) |
| #6 | **Hind Siliguri** | 68 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/hind-siliguri/](/fonts/hind-siliguri.md) |
| #7 | **Armata** | 68 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/armata/](/fonts/armata.md) |
| #8 | **Murecho** | 67 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/murecho/](/fonts/murecho.md) |
| #9 | **Arsenal** | 67 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/arsenal/](/fonts/arsenal.md) |
| #10 | **Saira Semi Condensed** | 66 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/saira-semi-condensed/](/fonts/saira-semi-condensed.md) |
| #11 | **Anek Telugu** | 66 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/anek-telugu/](/fonts/anek-telugu.md) |
| #12 | **Gothic A1** | 66 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/gothic-a1/](/fonts/gothic-a1.md) |

## Other Scripts With Similar Latin Letters

- **Khula** (Deva): Similarity 71, licence OFL-1.1 - [/fonts/khula/](/fonts/khula.md)
- **Noto Sans Hebrew** (Hebr): Similarity 71, licence OFL-1.1 - [/fonts/noto-sans-hebrew/](/fonts/noto-sans-hebrew.md)
- **Hind Guntur** (Telu): Similarity 68, licence OFL-1.1 - [/fonts/hind-guntur/](/fonts/hind-guntur.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/matangi.json](/api/fonts-like/matangi.json).