# Fonts Like Newsreader

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

## Quick Answer

The closest open font to Newsreader is Spectral (similarity 81), then Ibarra Real Nova and Average. Spectral 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 | **Spectral** | 81 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/spectral/](/fonts/spectral.md) |
| #2 | **Ibarra Real Nova** | 74 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/ibarra-real-nova/](/fonts/ibarra-real-nova.md) |
| #3 | **Average** | 74 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/average/](/fonts/average.md) |
| #4 | **Redaction** | 73 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/redaction/](/fonts/redaction.md) |
| #5 | **STIX Two Text** | 72 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/stix-two-text/](/fonts/stix-two-text.md) |
| #6 | **Fenix** | 72 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/fenix/](/fonts/fenix.md) |
| #7 | **Crimson Pro** | 71 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/crimson-pro/](/fonts/crimson-pro.md) |
| #8 | **Libre Caslon Text** | 71 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/libre-caslon-text/](/fonts/libre-caslon-text.md) |
| #9 | **Amethysta** | 70 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/amethysta/](/fonts/amethysta.md) |
| #10 | **Libre Baskerville** | 70 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/libre-baskerville/](/fonts/libre-baskerville.md) |
| #11 | **Volkhov** | 69 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/volkhov/](/fonts/volkhov.md) |
| #12 | **Neuton** | 69 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/neuton/](/fonts/neuton.md) |

## Other Scripts With Similar Latin Letters

- **Gulzar** (Arab): Similarity 79, licence OFL-1.1 - [/fonts/gulzar/](/fonts/gulzar.md)
- **Hahmlet** (Kore): Similarity 78, licence OFL-1.1 - [/fonts/hahmlet/](/fonts/hahmlet.md)
- **Jomolhari** (Tibt): Similarity 74, licence OFL-1.1 - [/fonts/jomolhari/](/fonts/jomolhari.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/newsreader.json](/api/fonts-like/newsreader.json).