# Fonts Like Redaction 50

12 open fonts whose letters are closest to Redaction 50, ranked by a glyph comparison. All free for commercial use.

## Quick Answer

The closest open font to Redaction 50 is Redaction 35 (similarity 88), then DejaVu Math and Tinos. Redaction 35 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 35** | 88 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/redaction-35/](/fonts/redaction-35.md) |
| #2 | **DejaVu Math** | 61 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/dejavu-math/](/fonts/dejavu-math.md) |
| #3 | **Tinos** | 59 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/tinos/](/fonts/tinos.md) |
| #4 | **Besley** | 59 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/besley/](/fonts/besley.md) |
| #5 | **Cantata One** | 58 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/cantata-one/](/fonts/cantata-one.md) |
| #6 | **Montagu Slab** | 57 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/montagu-slab/](/fonts/montagu-slab.md) |
| #7 | **Quantico** | 55 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/quantico/](/fonts/quantico.md) |
| #8 | **Geist Pixel** | 55 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/geist-pixel/](/fonts/geist-pixel.md) |
| #9 | **Charis SIL** | 55 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/charis-sil/](/fonts/charis-sil.md) |
| #10 | **PT Serif Caption** | 55 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/pt-serif-caption/](/fonts/pt-serif-caption.md) |
| #11 | **Arbutus Slab** | 54 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/arbutus-slab/](/fonts/arbutus-slab.md) |
| #12 | **GFS Didot** | 53 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/gfs-didot/](/fonts/gfs-didot.md) |

## Other Scripts With Similar Latin Letters

- **Abyssinica SIL** (Ethi): Similarity 54, licence OFL-1.1 - [/fonts/abyssinica-sil/](/fonts/abyssinica-sil.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-50.json](/api/fonts-like/redaction-50.json).