# Fonts Like Monomakh

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

## Quick Answer

The closest open font to Monomakh is DM Serif Text (similarity 71), then Libre Caslon Text and Arbutus Slab. DM Serif Text 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 | **DM Serif Text** | 71 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/dm-serif-text/](/fonts/dm-serif-text.md) |
| #2 | **Libre Caslon Text** | 71 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/libre-caslon-text/](/fonts/libre-caslon-text.md) |
| #3 | **Arbutus Slab** | 69 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/arbutus-slab/](/fonts/arbutus-slab.md) |
| #4 | **Redaction** | 69 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/redaction/](/fonts/redaction.md) |
| #5 | **Charis SIL** | 69 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/charis-sil/](/fonts/charis-sil.md) |
| #6 | **STIX Two Text** | 69 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/stix-two-text/](/fonts/stix-two-text.md) |
| #7 | **Castoro** | 68 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/castoro/](/fonts/castoro.md) |
| #8 | **Cantata One** | 68 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/cantata-one/](/fonts/cantata-one.md) |
| #9 | **Fraunces** | 68 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/fraunces/](/fonts/fraunces.md) |
| #10 | **Volkhov** | 67 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/volkhov/](/fonts/volkhov.md) |
| #11 | **Newsreader** | 67 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/newsreader/](/fonts/newsreader.md) |
| #12 | **Bagnard** | 66 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/bagnard/](/fonts/bagnard.md) |

## Other Scripts With Similar Latin Letters

- **Gulzar** (Arab): Similarity 72, licence OFL-1.1 - [/fonts/gulzar/](/fonts/gulzar.md)
- **Jomolhari** (Tibt): Similarity 70, licence OFL-1.1 - [/fonts/jomolhari/](/fonts/jomolhari.md)
- **UoqMunThenKhung** (Hant): Similarity 69, licence OFL-1.1 - [/fonts/uoqmunthenkhung/](/fonts/uoqmunthenkhung.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/monomakh.json](/api/fonts-like/monomakh.json).