# Fonts Like Praise

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

## Quick Answer

The closest open font to Praise is Courgette (similarity 39), then Knewave and Lobster. Courgette 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 | **Courgette** | 39 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/courgette/](/fonts/courgette.md) |
| #2 | **Knewave** | 39 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/knewave/](/fonts/knewave.md) |
| #3 | **Lobster** | 36 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/lobster/](/fonts/lobster.md) |
| #4 | **Oleo Script** | 33 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/oleo-script/](/fonts/oleo-script.md) |
| #5 | **Vampiro One** | 32 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/vampiro-one/](/fonts/vampiro-one.md) |
| #6 | **Oleo Script Swash Caps** | 32 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/oleo-script-swash-caps/](/fonts/oleo-script-swash-caps.md) |
| #7 | **Ceviche One** | 29 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/ceviche-one/](/fonts/ceviche-one.md) |
| #8 | **Rubik Marker Hatch** | 29 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/rubik-marker-hatch/](/fonts/rubik-marker-hatch.md) |
| #9 | **Seaweed Script** | 27 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/seaweed-script/](/fonts/seaweed-script.md) |
| #10 | **Leckerli One** | 26 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/leckerli-one/](/fonts/leckerli-one.md) |
| #11 | **Agbalumo** | 26 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/agbalumo/](/fonts/agbalumo.md) |
| #12 | **Story Script** | 26 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/story-script/](/fonts/story-script.md) |

## Other Scripts With Similar Latin Letters

- **Galada** (Beng): Similarity 36, licence OFL-1.1 - [/fonts/galada/](/fonts/galada.md)
- **Fasthand** (Khmr): Similarity 27, licence OFL-1.1 - [/fonts/fasthand/](/fonts/fasthand.md)
- **Mogra** (Gujr): Similarity 26, licence OFL-1.1 - [/fonts/mogra/](/fonts/mogra.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/praise.json](/api/fonts-like/praise.json).