# Fonts Like Poor Story

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

## Quick Answer

The closest open font to Poor Story is Andika (similarity 44), then League Spartan and Cooper Hewitt. Andika 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 | **Andika** | 44 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/andika/](/fonts/andika.md) |
| #2 | **League Spartan** | 39 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/league-spartan/](/fonts/league-spartan.md) |
| #3 | **Cooper Hewitt** | 39 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/cooper-hewitt/](/fonts/cooper-hewitt.md) |
| #4 | **Averia Sans Libre** | 39 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/averia-sans-libre/](/fonts/averia-sans-libre.md) |
| #5 | **Cause** | 38 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/cause/](/fonts/cause.md) |
| #6 | **Overpass** | 38 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/overpass/](/fonts/overpass.md) |
| #7 | **Sniglet** | 38 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/sniglet/](/fonts/sniglet.md) |
| #8 | **Reddit Sans Condensed** | 38 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/reddit-sans-condensed/](/fonts/reddit-sans-condensed.md) |
| #9 | **Port Lligat Sans** | 37 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/port-lligat-sans/](/fonts/port-lligat-sans.md) |
| #10 | **Delius** | 37 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/delius/](/fonts/delius.md) |
| #11 | **Scada** | 37 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/scada/](/fonts/scada.md) |
| #12 | **Reddit Mono** | 37 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/reddit-mono/](/fonts/reddit-mono.md) |

## Other Scripts With Similar Latin Letters

- **Yusei Magic** (Jpan): Similarity 47, licence OFL-1.1 - [/fonts/yusei-magic/](/fonts/yusei-magic.md)
- **LXGW Marker Gothic** (Hant): Similarity 44, licence OFL-1.1 - [/fonts/lxgw-marker-gothic/](/fonts/lxgw-marker-gothic.md)
- **Beiruti** (Arab): Similarity 42, licence OFL-1.1 - [/fonts/beiruti/](/fonts/beiruti.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/poor-story.json](/api/fonts-like/poor-story.json).