# Fonts Like Pompiere

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

## Quick Answer

The closest open font to Pompiere is Truculenta (similarity 47), then Sofia Sans Extra Condensed and Pathway Gothic One. Truculenta 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 | **Truculenta** | 47 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/truculenta/](/fonts/truculenta.md) |
| #2 | **Sofia Sans Extra Condensed** | 45 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/sofia-sans-extra-condensed/](/fonts/sofia-sans-extra-condensed.md) |
| #3 | **Pathway Gothic One** | 44 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/pathway-gothic-one/](/fonts/pathway-gothic-one.md) |
| #4 | **BenchNine** | 44 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/benchnine/](/fonts/benchnine.md) |
| #5 | **Stint Ultra Condensed** | 41 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/stint-ultra-condensed/](/fonts/stint-ultra-condensed.md) |
| #6 | **Oswald** | 41 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/oswald/](/fonts/oswald.md) |
| #7 | **Just Another Hand** | 41 / 100 | Apache-2.0 | [/fonts/just-another-hand/](/fonts/just-another-hand.md) |
| #8 | **Big Shoulders Inline** | 39 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/big-shoulders-inline/](/fonts/big-shoulders-inline.md) |
| #9 | **Cossette Titre** | 39 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/cossette-titre/](/fonts/cossette-titre.md) |
| #10 | **Yanone Kaffeesatz** | 36 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/yanone-kaffeesatz/](/fonts/yanone-kaffeesatz.md) |
| #11 | **Special Gothic Condensed One** | 36 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/special-gothic-condensed-one/](/fonts/special-gothic-condensed-one.md) |
| #12 | **Saira Extra Condensed** | 36 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/saira-extra-condensed/](/fonts/saira-extra-condensed.md) |

## Other Scripts With Similar Latin Letters

- **BIZ UDMincho** (Jpan): Similarity 37, licence OFL-1.1 - [/fonts/biz-udmincho/](/fonts/biz-udmincho.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/pompiere.json](/api/fonts-like/pompiere.json).