# Fonts Like Nebula Sans

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

## Quick Answer

The closest open font to Nebula Sans is Assistant (similarity 86), then Source Sans 3 and Varta. Assistant 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 | **Assistant** | 86 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/assistant/](/fonts/assistant.md) |
| #2 | **Source Sans 3** | 85 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/source-sans-3/](/fonts/source-sans-3.md) |
| #3 | **Varta** | 85 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/varta/](/fonts/varta.md) |
| #4 | **Noto Sans JP** | 84 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/noto-sans-jp/](/fonts/noto-sans-jp.md) |
| #5 | **Open Sans** | 83 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/open-sans/](/fonts/open-sans.md) |
| #6 | **Noto Sans** | 82 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/noto-sans/](/fonts/noto-sans.md) |
| #7 | **Hind Siliguri** | 82 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/hind-siliguri/](/fonts/hind-siliguri.md) |
| #8 | **Istok Web** | 81 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/istok-web/](/fonts/istok-web.md) |
| #9 | **Libre Franklin** | 80 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/libre-franklin/](/fonts/libre-franklin.md) |
| #10 | **Mukta** | 80 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/mukta/](/fonts/mukta.md) |
| #11 | **Telex** | 80 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/telex/](/fonts/telex.md) |
| #12 | **Inter** | 80 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/inter/](/fonts/inter.md) |

## Other Scripts With Similar Latin Letters

- **Khula** (Deva): Similarity 85, licence OFL-1.1 - [/fonts/khula/](/fonts/khula.md)
- **Narnoor** (Gong): Similarity 83, licence OFL-1.1 - [/fonts/narnoor/](/fonts/narnoor.md)
- **Noto Sans Kannada** (Knda): Similarity 83, licence OFL-1.1 - [/fonts/noto-sans-kannada/](/fonts/noto-sans-kannada.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/nebula-sans.json](/api/fonts-like/nebula-sans.json).