# Fonts Like Milonga

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

## Quick Answer

The closest open font to Milonga is Gabriela (similarity 45), then Poltawski Nowy and Caladea. Gabriela 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 | **Gabriela** | 45 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/gabriela/](/fonts/gabriela.md) |
| #2 | **Poltawski Nowy** | 43 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/poltawski-nowy/](/fonts/poltawski-nowy.md) |
| #3 | **Caladea** | 42 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/caladea/](/fonts/caladea.md) |
| #4 | **Averia Serif Libre** | 41 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/averia-serif-libre/](/fonts/averia-serif-libre.md) |
| #5 | **Adamina** | 40 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/adamina/](/fonts/adamina.md) |
| #6 | **Port Lligat Slab** | 40 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/port-lligat-slab/](/fonts/port-lligat-slab.md) |
| #7 | **Libertinus Serif Display** | 39 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/libertinus-serif-display/](/fonts/libertinus-serif-display.md) |
| #8 | **Ponomar** | 38 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/ponomar/](/fonts/ponomar.md) |
| #9 | **Averia Gruesa Libre** | 38 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/averia-gruesa-libre/](/fonts/averia-gruesa-libre.md) |
| #10 | **Alike** | 38 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/alike/](/fonts/alike.md) |
| #11 | **Crimson Text** | 37 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/crimson-text/](/fonts/crimson-text.md) |
| #12 | **Averia Libre** | 37 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/averia-libre/](/fonts/averia-libre.md) |

## Other Scripts With Similar Latin Letters

- **Katibeh** (Arab): Similarity 46, licence OFL-1.1 - [/fonts/katibeh/](/fonts/katibeh.md)
- **Kurale** (Deva): Similarity 44, licence OFL-1.1 - [/fonts/kurale/](/fonts/kurale.md)
- **Yuji Syuku** (Jpan): Similarity 43, licence OFL-1.1 - [/fonts/yuji-syuku/](/fonts/yuji-syuku.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/milonga.json](/api/fonts-like/milonga.json).