# Fonts Like Redaction 35

12 open fonts whose letters are closest to Redaction 35, ranked by a glyph comparison. All free for commercial use.

## Quick Answer

The closest open font to Redaction 35 is Redaction 20 (similarity 94), then DejaVu Math and Cantata One. Redaction 20 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 | **Redaction 20** | 94 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/redaction-20/](/fonts/redaction-20.md) |
| #2 | **DejaVu Math** | 64 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/dejavu-math/](/fonts/dejavu-math.md) |
| #3 | **Cantata One** | 63 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/cantata-one/](/fonts/cantata-one.md) |
| #4 | **Tinos** | 63 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/tinos/](/fonts/tinos.md) |
| #5 | **Besley** | 63 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/besley/](/fonts/besley.md) |
| #6 | **Charis SIL** | 59 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/charis-sil/](/fonts/charis-sil.md) |
| #7 | **Montagu Slab** | 59 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/montagu-slab/](/fonts/montagu-slab.md) |
| #8 | **Arbutus Slab** | 58 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/arbutus-slab/](/fonts/arbutus-slab.md) |
| #9 | **PT Serif Caption** | 58 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/pt-serif-caption/](/fonts/pt-serif-caption.md) |
| #10 | **GFS Didot** | 58 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/gfs-didot/](/fonts/gfs-didot.md) |
| #11 | **Quantico** | 58 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/quantico/](/fonts/quantico.md) |
| #12 | **Brygada 1918** | 57 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/brygada-1918/](/fonts/brygada-1918.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/redaction-35.json](/api/fonts-like/redaction-35.json).