# Fonts Like Saira Condensed

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

## Quick Answer

The closest open font to Saira Condensed is Cuprum (similarity 84), then Strait and Saira Extra Condensed. Cuprum 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 | **Cuprum** | 84 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/cuprum/](/fonts/cuprum.md) |
| #2 | **Strait** | 83 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/strait/](/fonts/strait.md) |
| #3 | **Saira Extra Condensed** | 78 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/saira-extra-condensed/](/fonts/saira-extra-condensed.md) |
| #4 | **Sofia Sans Condensed** | 77 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/sofia-sans-condensed/](/fonts/sofia-sans-condensed.md) |
| #5 | **Fira Sans Extra Condensed** | 76 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/fira-sans-extra-condensed/](/fonts/fira-sans-extra-condensed.md) |
| #6 | **Share** | 74 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/share/](/fonts/share.md) |
| #7 | **Saira Semi Condensed** | 74 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/saira-semi-condensed/](/fonts/saira-semi-condensed.md) |
| #8 | **Roboto Condensed** | 74 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/roboto-condensed/](/fonts/roboto-condensed.md) |
| #9 | **Asap Condensed** | 73 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/asap-condensed/](/fonts/asap-condensed.md) |
| #10 | **PT Sans Narrow** | 73 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/pt-sans-narrow/](/fonts/pt-sans-narrow.md) |
| #11 | **Ubuntu Condensed** | 72 / 100 | UFL-1.0 | [/fonts/ubuntu-condensed/](/fonts/ubuntu-condensed.md) |
| #12 | **Fira Sans Condensed** | 72 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/fira-sans-condensed/](/fonts/fira-sans-condensed.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/saira-condensed.json](/api/fonts-like/saira-condensed.json).