# Fonts Like PT Sans Caption

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

## Quick Answer

The closest open font to PT Sans Caption is PT Sans (similarity 84), then Ubuntu and Noto Sans. PT Sans 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 | **PT Sans** | 84 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/pt-sans/](/fonts/pt-sans.md) |
| #2 | **Ubuntu** | 82 / 100 | UFL-1.0 | [/fonts/ubuntu/](/fonts/ubuntu.md) |
| #3 | **Noto Sans** | 80 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/noto-sans/](/fonts/noto-sans.md) |
| #4 | **Mukta** | 80 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/mukta/](/fonts/mukta.md) |
| #5 | **Radio Canada** | 79 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/radio-canada/](/fonts/radio-canada.md) |
| #6 | **Voces** | 78 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/voces/](/fonts/voces.md) |
| #7 | **Open Sans** | 77 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/open-sans/](/fonts/open-sans.md) |
| #8 | **AR One Sans** | 77 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/ar-one-sans/](/fonts/ar-one-sans.md) |
| #9 | **DejaVu Sans** | 77 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/dejavu-sans/](/fonts/dejavu-sans.md) |
| #10 | **Inder** | 77 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/inder/](/fonts/inder.md) |
| #11 | **Telex** | 77 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/telex/](/fonts/telex.md) |
| #12 | **Golos Text** | 77 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/golos-text/](/fonts/golos-text.md) |

## Other Scripts With Similar Latin Letters

- **Noto Sans Hebrew** (Hebr): Similarity 80, licence OFL-1.1 - [/fonts/noto-sans-hebrew/](/fonts/noto-sans-hebrew.md)
- **Noto Sans Kannada** (Knda): Similarity 79, licence OFL-1.1 - [/fonts/noto-sans-kannada/](/fonts/noto-sans-kannada.md)
- **Amiko** (Deva): Similarity 79, licence OFL-1.1 - [/fonts/amiko/](/fonts/amiko.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/pt-sans-caption.json](/api/fonts-like/pt-sans-caption.json).