# Fonts Like Parastoo

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

## Quick Answer

The closest open font to Parastoo is STIX Two Text (similarity 75), then Noto Serif JP and Frank Ruhl Libre. STIX Two Text 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 | **STIX Two Text** | 75 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/stix-two-text/](/fonts/stix-two-text.md) |
| #2 | **Noto Serif JP** | 75 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/noto-serif-jp/](/fonts/noto-serif-jp.md) |
| #3 | **Frank Ruhl Libre** | 75 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/frank-ruhl-libre/](/fonts/frank-ruhl-libre.md) |
| #4 | **Brygada 1918** | 74 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/brygada-1918/](/fonts/brygada-1918.md) |
| #5 | **Charis SIL** | 73 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/charis-sil/](/fonts/charis-sil.md) |
| #6 | **Alike** | 73 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/alike/](/fonts/alike.md) |
| #7 | **Source Serif 4** | 73 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/source-serif-4/](/fonts/source-serif-4.md) |
| #8 | **Adamina** | 72 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/adamina/](/fonts/adamina.md) |
| #9 | **Petrona** | 72 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/petrona/](/fonts/petrona.md) |
| #10 | **Lustria** | 72 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/lustria/](/fonts/lustria.md) |
| #11 | **Alike Angular** | 71 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/alike-angular/](/fonts/alike-angular.md) |
| #12 | **Libre Baskerville** | 71 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/libre-baskerville/](/fonts/libre-baskerville.md) |

## Other Scripts With Similar Latin Letters

- **Sumana** (Deva): Similarity 89, licence OFL-1.1 - [/fonts/sumana/](/fonts/sumana.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/parastoo.json](/api/fonts-like/parastoo.json).