# Fonts Like Overlock SC

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

## Quick Answer

The closest open font to Overlock SC is Alegreya Sans SC (similarity 71), then Alegreya SC and Vollkorn SC. Alegreya Sans SC 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 | **Alegreya Sans SC** | 71 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/alegreya-sans-sc/](/fonts/alegreya-sans-sc.md) |
| #2 | **Alegreya SC** | 60 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/alegreya-sc/](/fonts/alegreya-sc.md) |
| #3 | **Vollkorn SC** | 58 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/vollkorn-sc/](/fonts/vollkorn-sc.md) |
| #4 | **Ysabeau SC** | 54 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/ysabeau-sc/](/fonts/ysabeau-sc.md) |
| #5 | **Mate SC** | 52 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/mate-sc/](/fonts/mate-sc.md) |
| #6 | **Playfair Display SC** | 47 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/playfair-display-sc/](/fonts/playfair-display-sc.md) |
| #7 | **Marcellus SC** | 47 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/marcellus-sc/](/fonts/marcellus-sc.md) |
| #8 | **Encode Sans SC** | 46 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/encode-sans-sc/](/fonts/encode-sans-sc.md) |
| #9 | **Carrois Gothic SC** | 45 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/carrois-gothic-sc/](/fonts/carrois-gothic-sc.md) |
| #10 | **Galdeano** | 44 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/galdeano/](/fonts/galdeano.md) |
| #11 | **Capriola** | 43 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/capriola/](/fonts/capriola.md) |
| #12 | **Actor** | 42 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/actor/](/fonts/actor.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/overlock-sc.json](/api/fonts-like/overlock-sc.json).