# Fonts Like Rowdies

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

## Quick Answer

The closest open font to Rowdies is Alfa Slab One (similarity 72), then Tilt Warp and Archivo Black. Alfa Slab One 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 | **Alfa Slab One** | 72 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/alfa-slab-one/](/fonts/alfa-slab-one.md) |
| #2 | **Tilt Warp** | 71 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/tilt-warp/](/fonts/tilt-warp.md) |
| #3 | **Archivo Black** | 71 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/archivo-black/](/fonts/archivo-black.md) |
| #4 | **Paytone One** | 71 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/paytone-one/](/fonts/paytone-one.md) |
| #5 | **Candal** | 70 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/candal/](/fonts/candal.md) |
| #6 | **Peace Sans** | 70 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/peace-sans/](/fonts/peace-sans.md) |
| #7 | **Chunk Five** | 70 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/chunk-five/](/fonts/chunk-five.md) |
| #8 | **Rubik One** | 68 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/rubik-one/](/fonts/rubik-one.md) |
| #9 | **Changa One** | 68 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/changa-one/](/fonts/changa-one.md) |
| #10 | **Russo One** | 67 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/russo-one/](/fonts/russo-one.md) |
| #11 | **Momo Trust Display** | 67 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/momo-trust-display/](/fonts/momo-trust-display.md) |
| #12 | **Coiny** | 65 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/coiny/](/fonts/coiny.md) |

## Other Scripts With Similar Latin Letters

- **Bakbak One** (Deva): Similarity 74, licence OFL-1.1 - [/fonts/bakbak-one/](/fonts/bakbak-one.md)
- **Braah One** (Guru): Similarity 71, licence OFL-1.1 - [/fonts/braah-one/](/fonts/braah-one.md)
- **Konkhmer Sleokchher** (Khmr): Similarity 70, licence OFL-1.1 - [/fonts/konkhmer-sleokchher/](/fonts/konkhmer-sleokchher.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/rowdies.json](/api/fonts-like/rowdies.json).