# Fonts Like Noto Nastaliq Urdu

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

## Quick Answer

The closest open font to Noto Nastaliq Urdu is Noto Serif (similarity 90), then Noto Serif Hentaigana and Yrsa. Noto Serif 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 | **Noto Serif** | 90 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/noto-serif/](/fonts/noto-serif.md) |
| #2 | **Noto Serif Hentaigana** | 88 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/noto-serif-hentaigana/](/fonts/noto-serif-hentaigana.md) |
| #3 | **Yrsa** | 77 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/yrsa/](/fonts/yrsa.md) |
| #4 | **Cambo** | 74 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/cambo/](/fonts/cambo.md) |
| #5 | **Merriweather** | 71 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/merriweather/](/fonts/merriweather.md) |
| #6 | **PT Serif** | 70 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/pt-serif/](/fonts/pt-serif.md) |
| #7 | **Source Serif 4** | 70 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/source-serif-4/](/fonts/source-serif-4.md) |
| #8 | **Frank Ruhl Libre** | 69 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/frank-ruhl-libre/](/fonts/frank-ruhl-libre.md) |
| #9 | **Roboto Slab** | 69 / 100 | Apache-2.0 | [/fonts/roboto-slab/](/fonts/roboto-slab.md) |
| #10 | **Domine** | 69 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/domine/](/fonts/domine.md) |
| #11 | **Inria Serif** | 69 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/inria-serif/](/fonts/inria-serif.md) |
| #12 | **Neuton** | 69 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/neuton/](/fonts/neuton.md) |

## Other Scripts With Similar Latin Letters

- **Noto Serif Telugu** (Telu): Similarity 93, licence OFL-1.1 - [/fonts/noto-serif-telugu/](/fonts/noto-serif-telugu.md)
- **Noto Serif Oriya** (Orya): Similarity 92, licence OFL-1.1 - [/fonts/noto-serif-oriya/](/fonts/noto-serif-oriya.md)
- **Noto Serif Todhri** (Todr): Similarity 87, licence OFL-1.1 - [/fonts/noto-serif-todhri/](/fonts/noto-serif-todhri.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/noto-nastaliq-urdu.json](/api/fonts-like/noto-nastaliq-urdu.json).