# Fonts Like Palanquin Dark

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

## Quick Answer

The closest open font to Palanquin Dark is Catamaran (similarity 75), then Doppio One and Merriweather Sans. Catamaran 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 | **Catamaran** | 75 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/catamaran/](/fonts/catamaran.md) |
| #2 | **Doppio One** | 67 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/doppio-one/](/fonts/doppio-one.md) |
| #3 | **Merriweather Sans** | 67 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/merriweather-sans/](/fonts/merriweather-sans.md) |
| #4 | **Capriola** | 67 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/capriola/](/fonts/capriola.md) |
| #5 | **Cal Sans** | 66 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/cal-sans/](/fonts/cal-sans.md) |
| #6 | **Basic** | 66 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/basic/](/fonts/basic.md) |
| #7 | **Geologica** | 65 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/geologica/](/fonts/geologica.md) |
| #8 | **Momo Trust Display** | 65 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/momo-trust-display/](/fonts/momo-trust-display.md) |
| #9 | **Radio Canada** | 64 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/radio-canada/](/fonts/radio-canada.md) |
| #10 | **Crete Round** | 63 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/crete-round/](/fonts/crete-round.md) |
| #11 | **Kanit** | 63 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/kanit/](/fonts/kanit.md) |
| #12 | **REM** | 63 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/rem/](/fonts/rem.md) |

## Other Scripts With Similar Latin Letters

- **Palanquin** (Deva): Similarity 80, licence OFL-1.1 - [/fonts/palanquin/](/fonts/palanquin.md)
- **Gurajada** (Telu): Similarity 68, licence OFL-1.1 - [/fonts/gurajada/](/fonts/gurajada.md)
- **Mukta Malar** (Taml): Similarity 67, licence OFL-1.1 - [/fonts/mukta-malar/](/fonts/mukta-malar.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/palanquin-dark.json](/api/fonts-like/palanquin-dark.json).