# Fonts Like Nixie One

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

## Quick Answer

The closest open font to Nixie One is Scope One (similarity 47), then Hepta Slab and Montagu Slab. Scope One 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 | **Scope One** | 47 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/scope-one/](/fonts/scope-one.md) |
| #2 | **Hepta Slab** | 46 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/hepta-slab/](/fonts/hepta-slab.md) |
| #3 | **Montagu Slab** | 45 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/montagu-slab/](/fonts/montagu-slab.md) |
| #4 | **Kameron** | 44 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/kameron/](/fonts/kameron.md) |
| #5 | **DejaVu Math** | 43 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/dejavu-math/](/fonts/dejavu-math.md) |
| #6 | **Maitree** | 42 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/maitree/](/fonts/maitree.md) |
| #7 | **Roboto Serif** | 42 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/roboto-serif/](/fonts/roboto-serif.md) |
| #8 | **Brygada 1918** | 40 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/brygada-1918/](/fonts/brygada-1918.md) |
| #9 | **Podkova** | 40 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/podkova/](/fonts/podkova.md) |
| #10 | **IBM Plex Serif** | 39 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/ibm-plex-serif/](/fonts/ibm-plex-serif.md) |
| #11 | **Clarity City** | 38 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/clarity-city/](/fonts/clarity-city.md) |
| #12 | **Darker Grotesque** | 38 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/darker-grotesque/](/fonts/darker-grotesque.md) |

## Other Scripts With Similar Latin Letters

- **BIZ UDPMincho** (Jpan): Similarity 46, licence OFL-1.1 - [/fonts/biz-udpmincho/](/fonts/biz-udpmincho.md)
- **Trirong** (Thai): Similarity 42, licence OFL-1.1 - [/fonts/trirong/](/fonts/trirong.md)
- **Taviraj** (Thai): Similarity 38, licence OFL-1.1 - [/fonts/taviraj/](/fonts/taviraj.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/nixie-one.json](/api/fonts-like/nixie-one.json).