# Fonts Like Nova Square

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

## Quick Answer

The closest open font to Nova Square is Nova Flat (similarity 95), then Nova Round and Nova Slim. Nova Flat 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 | **Nova Flat** | 95 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/nova-flat/](/fonts/nova-flat.md) |
| #2 | **Nova Round** | 90 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/nova-round/](/fonts/nova-round.md) |
| #3 | **Nova Slim** | 87 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/nova-slim/](/fonts/nova-slim.md) |
| #4 | **Nova Cut** | 71 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/nova-cut/](/fonts/nova-cut.md) |
| #5 | **Nova Oval** | 63 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/nova-oval/](/fonts/nova-oval.md) |
| #6 | **Jersey 25** | 56 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/jersey-25/](/fonts/jersey-25.md) |
| #7 | **Keania One** | 55 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/keania-one/](/fonts/keania-one.md) |
| #8 | **Nova Mono** | 54 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/nova-mono/](/fonts/nova-mono.md) |
| #9 | **Iceberg** | 53 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/iceberg/](/fonts/iceberg.md) |
| #10 | **Atomic Age** | 53 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/atomic-age/](/fonts/atomic-age.md) |
| #11 | **Squada One** | 52 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/squada-one/](/fonts/squada-one.md) |
| #12 | **Quantico** | 47 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/quantico/](/fonts/quantico.md) |

## Other Scripts With Similar Latin Letters

- **Kdam Thmor Pro** (Khmr): Similarity 53, licence OFL-1.1 - [/fonts/kdam-thmor-pro/](/fonts/kdam-thmor-pro.md)
- **Gugi** (Kore): Similarity 52, licence OFL-1.1 - [/fonts/gugi/](/fonts/gugi.md)
- **Gemunu Libre** (Sinh): Similarity 52, licence OFL-1.1 - [/fonts/gemunu-libre/](/fonts/gemunu-libre.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/nova-square.json](/api/fonts-like/nova-square.json).