# Fonts Like Roboto Condensed

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

## Quick Answer

The closest open font to Roboto Condensed is Archivo Narrow (similarity 85), then Cossette Texte and Barlow Semi Condensed. Archivo Narrow 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 | **Archivo Narrow** | 85 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/archivo-narrow/](/fonts/archivo-narrow.md) |
| #2 | **Cossette Texte** | 84 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/cossette-texte/](/fonts/cossette-texte.md) |
| #3 | **Barlow Semi Condensed** | 82 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/barlow-semi-condensed/](/fonts/barlow-semi-condensed.md) |
| #4 | **Reddit Sans Condensed** | 81 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/reddit-sans-condensed/](/fonts/reddit-sans-condensed.md) |
| #5 | **Carrois Gothic** | 81 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/carrois-gothic/](/fonts/carrois-gothic.md) |
| #6 | **Gidole** | 79 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/gidole/](/fonts/gidole.md) |
| #7 | **Fira Sans Condensed** | 79 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/fira-sans-condensed/](/fonts/fira-sans-condensed.md) |
| #8 | **Fira Sans Extra Condensed** | 78 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/fira-sans-extra-condensed/](/fonts/fira-sans-extra-condensed.md) |
| #9 | **Sofia Sans Condensed** | 78 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/sofia-sans-condensed/](/fonts/sofia-sans-condensed.md) |
| #10 | **IBM Plex Sans Condensed** | 78 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/ibm-plex-sans-condensed/](/fonts/ibm-plex-sans-condensed.md) |
| #11 | **Ubuntu Condensed** | 77 / 100 | UFL-1.0 | [/fonts/ubuntu-condensed/](/fonts/ubuntu-condensed.md) |
| #12 | **PT Sans Narrow** | 76 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/pt-sans-narrow/](/fonts/pt-sans-narrow.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/roboto-condensed.json](/api/fonts-like/roboto-condensed.json).