# Fonts Like Patrick Hand

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

## Quick Answer

The closest open font to Patrick Hand is Averia Sans Libre (similarity 54), then Sniglet and Acme. Averia Sans Libre 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 | **Averia Sans Libre** | 54 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/averia-sans-libre/](/fonts/averia-sans-libre.md) |
| #2 | **Sniglet** | 51 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/sniglet/](/fonts/sniglet.md) |
| #3 | **Acme** | 50 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/acme/](/fonts/acme.md) |
| #4 | **Fresca** | 50 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/fresca/](/fonts/fresca.md) |
| #5 | **Averia Libre** | 49 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/averia-libre/](/fonts/averia-libre.md) |
| #6 | **Pangolin** | 49 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/pangolin/](/fonts/pangolin.md) |
| #7 | **Port Lligat Sans** | 49 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/port-lligat-sans/](/fonts/port-lligat-sans.md) |
| #8 | **Concert One** | 48 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/concert-one/](/fonts/concert-one.md) |
| #9 | **Averia Gruesa Libre** | 47 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/averia-gruesa-libre/](/fonts/averia-gruesa-libre.md) |
| #10 | **Salsa** | 47 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/salsa/](/fonts/salsa.md) |
| #11 | **Skranji** | 47 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/skranji/](/fonts/skranji.md) |
| #12 | **Neucha** | 47 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/neucha/](/fonts/neucha.md) |

## Other Scripts With Similar Latin Letters

- **Stylish** (Kore): Similarity 52, licence OFL-1.1 - [/fonts/stylish/](/fonts/stylish.md)
- **Yeon Sung** (Kore): Similarity 50, licence OFL-1.1 - [/fonts/yeon-sung/](/fonts/yeon-sung.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/patrick-hand.json](/api/fonts-like/patrick-hand.json).