# Fonts Like Merriweather Sans

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

## Quick Answer

The closest open font to Merriweather Sans is Mukta (similarity 85), then Basic and Ancizar Sans. Mukta 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 | **Mukta** | 85 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/mukta/](/fonts/mukta.md) |
| #2 | **Basic** | 84 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/basic/](/fonts/basic.md) |
| #3 | **Ancizar Sans** | 84 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/ancizar-sans/](/fonts/ancizar-sans.md) |
| #4 | **Murecho** | 84 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/murecho/](/fonts/murecho.md) |
| #5 | **Noto Sans Display** | 83 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/noto-sans-display/](/fonts/noto-sans-display.md) |
| #6 | **Fira Sans** | 82 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/fira-sans/](/fonts/fira-sans.md) |
| #7 | **Rambla** | 81 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/rambla/](/fonts/rambla.md) |
| #8 | **Voces** | 81 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/voces/](/fonts/voces.md) |
| #9 | **Noto Sans JP** | 80 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/noto-sans-jp/](/fonts/noto-sans-jp.md) |
| #10 | **Asap Sharp** | 80 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/asap-sharp/](/fonts/asap-sharp.md) |
| #11 | **Doppio One** | 80 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/doppio-one/](/fonts/doppio-one.md) |
| #12 | **Source Sans 3** | 80 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/source-sans-3/](/fonts/source-sans-3.md) |

## Other Scripts With Similar Latin Letters

- **Mukta Mahee** (Guru): Similarity 84, licence OFL-1.1 - [/fonts/mukta-mahee/](/fonts/mukta-mahee.md)
- **Sarala** (Deva): Similarity 82, licence OFL-1.1 - [/fonts/sarala/](/fonts/sarala.md)
- **Narnoor** (Gong): Similarity 82, licence OFL-1.1 - [/fonts/narnoor/](/fonts/narnoor.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/merriweather-sans.json](/api/fonts-like/merriweather-sans.json).