# Fonts Like New Amsterdam

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

## Quick Answer

The closest open font to New Amsterdam is Bebas Neue (similarity 80), then Staatliches and Norwester. Bebas Neue 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 | **Bebas Neue** | 80 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/bebas-neue/](/fonts/bebas-neue.md) |
| #2 | **Staatliches** | 78 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/staatliches/](/fonts/staatliches.md) |
| #3 | **Norwester** | 77 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/norwester/](/fonts/norwester.md) |
| #4 | **BBH Bogle** | 73 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/bbh-bogle/](/fonts/bbh-bogle.md) |
| #5 | **Vina Sans** | 70 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/vina-sans/](/fonts/vina-sans.md) |
| #6 | **Anton** | 65 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/anton/](/fonts/anton.md) |
| #7 | **Squada One** | 63 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/squada-one/](/fonts/squada-one.md) |
| #8 | **Alumni Sans Inline One** | 62 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/alumni-sans-inline-one/](/fonts/alumni-sans-inline-one.md) |
| #9 | **Alumni Sans Collegiate One** | 62 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/alumni-sans-collegiate-one/](/fonts/alumni-sans-collegiate-one.md) |
| #10 | **Unica One** | 59 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/unica-one/](/fonts/unica-one.md) |
| #11 | **Freeman** | 59 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/freeman/](/fonts/freeman.md) |
| #12 | **Special Gothic Condensed One** | 59 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/special-gothic-condensed-one/](/fonts/special-gothic-condensed-one.md) |

## Other Scripts With Similar Latin Letters

- **Teko** (Deva): Similarity 61, licence OFL-1.1 - [/fonts/teko/](/fonts/teko.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/new-amsterdam.json](/api/fonts-like/new-amsterdam.json).