# Fonts Like Saira

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

## Quick Answer

The closest open font to Saira is Play (similarity 83), then Saira Semi Condensed and Oxanium. Play 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 | **Play** | 83 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/play/](/fonts/play.md) |
| #2 | **Saira Semi Condensed** | 81 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/saira-semi-condensed/](/fonts/saira-semi-condensed.md) |
| #3 | **Oxanium** | 77 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/oxanium/](/fonts/oxanium.md) |
| #4 | **Exo** | 76 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/exo/](/fonts/exo.md) |
| #5 | **Blinker** | 75 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/blinker/](/fonts/blinker.md) |
| #6 | **Electrolize** | 75 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/electrolize/](/fonts/electrolize.md) |
| #7 | **Encode Sans Semi Expanded** | 75 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/encode-sans-semi-expanded/](/fonts/encode-sans-semi-expanded.md) |
| #8 | **Metrophobic** | 75 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/metrophobic/](/fonts/metrophobic.md) |
| #9 | **Anek Telugu** | 73 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/anek-telugu/](/fonts/anek-telugu.md) |
| #10 | **Coda** | 73 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/coda/](/fonts/coda.md) |
| #11 | **Encode Sans** | 73 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/encode-sans/](/fonts/encode-sans.md) |
| #12 | **Changa** | 73 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/changa/](/fonts/changa.md) |

## Other Scripts With Similar Latin Letters

- **Sunflower** (Hang): Similarity 74, licence OFL-1.1 - [/fonts/sunflower/](/fonts/sunflower.md)
- **Amiko** (Deva): Similarity 74, licence OFL-1.1 - [/fonts/amiko/](/fonts/amiko.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.json](/api/fonts-like/saira.json).