# Fonts Like Quicksand

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

## Quick Answer

The closest open font to Quicksand is Clarity City (similarity 69), then Lexend and Maven Pro. Clarity City 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 | **Clarity City** | 69 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/clarity-city/](/fonts/clarity-city.md) |
| #2 | **Lexend** | 69 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/lexend/](/fonts/lexend.md) |
| #3 | **Maven Pro** | 68 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/maven-pro/](/fonts/maven-pro.md) |
| #4 | **Plus Jakarta Sans** | 68 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/plus-jakarta-sans/](/fonts/plus-jakarta-sans.md) |
| #5 | **Readex Pro** | 68 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/readex-pro/](/fonts/readex-pro.md) |
| #6 | **Strichpunkt Sans** | 68 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/strichpunkt-sans/](/fonts/strichpunkt-sans.md) |
| #7 | **Questrial** | 67 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/questrial/](/fonts/questrial.md) |
| #8 | **Figtree** | 67 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/figtree/](/fonts/figtree.md) |
| #9 | **Google Sans** | 66 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/google-sans/](/fonts/google-sans.md) |
| #10 | **Wix Madefor Display** | 66 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/wix-madefor-display/](/fonts/wix-madefor-display.md) |
| #11 | **Metropolis** | 66 / 100 | Unlicense | [/fonts/metropolis/](/fonts/metropolis.md) |
| #12 | **Varela Round** | 66 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/varela-round/](/fonts/varela-round.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/quicksand.json](/api/fonts-like/quicksand.json).