# Fonts Like Merienda

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

## Quick Answer

The closest open font to Merienda is Paprika (similarity 54), then Salsa and Alkatra. Paprika 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 | **Paprika** | 54 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/paprika/](/fonts/paprika.md) |
| #2 | **Salsa** | 51 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/salsa/](/fonts/salsa.md) |
| #3 | **Alkatra** | 48 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/alkatra/](/fonts/alkatra.md) |
| #4 | **Julee** | 48 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/julee/](/fonts/julee.md) |
| #5 | **Averia Gruesa Libre** | 41 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/averia-gruesa-libre/](/fonts/averia-gruesa-libre.md) |
| #6 | **Acme** | 41 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/acme/](/fonts/acme.md) |
| #7 | **Bubblegum Sans** | 41 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/bubblegum-sans/](/fonts/bubblegum-sans.md) |
| #8 | **Protest Riot** | 41 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/protest-riot/](/fonts/protest-riot.md) |
| #9 | **Aladin** | 40 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/aladin/](/fonts/aladin.md) |
| #10 | **Agbalumo** | 40 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/agbalumo/](/fonts/agbalumo.md) |
| #11 | **Margarine** | 40 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/margarine/](/fonts/margarine.md) |
| #12 | **Port Lligat Sans** | 40 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/port-lligat-sans/](/fonts/port-lligat-sans.md) |

## Other Scripts With Similar Latin Letters

- **Tillana** (Deva): Similarity 44, licence OFL-1.1 - [/fonts/tillana/](/fonts/tillana.md)
- **Farsan** (Gujr): Similarity 43, licence OFL-1.1 - [/fonts/farsan/](/fonts/farsan.md)
- **Langar** (Guru): Similarity 40, licence OFL-1.1 - [/fonts/langar/](/fonts/langar.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/merienda.json](/api/fonts-like/merienda.json).