# Fonts Like Pliant

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

## Quick Answer

The closest open font to Pliant is Be Vietnam Pro (similarity 89), then Liter and Zalando Sans. Be Vietnam Pro 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 | **Be Vietnam Pro** | 89 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/be-vietnam-pro/](/fonts/be-vietnam-pro.md) |
| #2 | **Liter** | 89 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/liter/](/fonts/liter.md) |
| #3 | **Zalando Sans** | 87 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/zalando-sans/](/fonts/zalando-sans.md) |
| #4 | **Pretendard** | 87 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/pretendard/](/fonts/pretendard.md) |
| #5 | **Inter Tight** | 87 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/inter-tight/](/fonts/inter-tight.md) |
| #6 | **Funnel Sans** | 87 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/funnel-sans/](/fonts/funnel-sans.md) |
| #7 | **Open Sauce One** | 86 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/open-sauce-one/](/fonts/open-sauce-one.md) |
| #8 | **Akt** | 86 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/akt/](/fonts/akt.md) |
| #9 | **Miranda Sans** | 86 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/miranda-sans/](/fonts/miranda-sans.md) |
| #10 | **Momo Trust Sans** | 85 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/momo-trust-sans/](/fonts/momo-trust-sans.md) |
| #11 | **Public Sans** | 85 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/public-sans/](/fonts/public-sans.md) |
| #12 | **Adwaita Sans** | 84 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/adwaita-sans/](/fonts/adwaita-sans.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/pliant.json](/api/fonts-like/pliant.json).