# Fonts Like Paprika

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

## Quick Answer

The closest open font to Paprika is Merienda (similarity 54), then Alkatra and Port Lligat Sans. Merienda 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 | **Merienda** | 54 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/merienda/](/fonts/merienda.md) |
| #2 | **Alkatra** | 51 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/alkatra/](/fonts/alkatra.md) |
| #3 | **Port Lligat Sans** | 51 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/port-lligat-sans/](/fonts/port-lligat-sans.md) |
| #4 | **Winky Rough** | 47 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/winky-rough/](/fonts/winky-rough.md) |
| #5 | **Averia Gruesa Libre** | 47 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/averia-gruesa-libre/](/fonts/averia-gruesa-libre.md) |
| #6 | **Protest Riot** | 46 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/protest-riot/](/fonts/protest-riot.md) |
| #7 | **Asap Condensed** | 46 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/asap-condensed/](/fonts/asap-condensed.md) |
| #8 | **Fira Sans Extra Condensed** | 45 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/fira-sans-extra-condensed/](/fonts/fira-sans-extra-condensed.md) |
| #9 | **Salsa** | 45 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/salsa/](/fonts/salsa.md) |
| #10 | **Fira Sans Condensed** | 43 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/fira-sans-condensed/](/fonts/fira-sans-condensed.md) |
| #11 | **Port Lligat Slab** | 43 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/port-lligat-slab/](/fonts/port-lligat-slab.md) |
| #12 | **Chewy** | 43 / 100 | Apache-2.0 | [/fonts/chewy/](/fonts/chewy.md) |

## Other Scripts With Similar Latin Letters

- **Tillana** (Deva): Similarity 52, licence OFL-1.1 - [/fonts/tillana/](/fonts/tillana.md)
- **Timmana** (Telu): Similarity 51, licence OFL-1.1 - [/fonts/timmana/](/fonts/timmana.md)
- **Stylish** (Kore): Similarity 43, licence OFL-1.1 - [/fonts/stylish/](/fonts/stylish.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/paprika.json](/api/fonts-like/paprika.json).