# Fonts Like Sansation

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

## Quick Answer

The closest open font to Sansation is Encode Sans Expanded (similarity 79), then Encode Sans Semi Expanded and REM. Encode Sans Expanded 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 | **Encode Sans Expanded** | 79 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/encode-sans-expanded/](/fonts/encode-sans-expanded.md) |
| #2 | **Encode Sans Semi Expanded** | 78 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/encode-sans-semi-expanded/](/fonts/encode-sans-semi-expanded.md) |
| #3 | **REM** | 76 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/rem/](/fonts/rem.md) |
| #4 | **Telex** | 75 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/telex/](/fonts/telex.md) |
| #5 | **Maven Pro** | 75 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/maven-pro/](/fonts/maven-pro.md) |
| #6 | **TASA Orbiter** | 74 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/tasa-orbiter/](/fonts/tasa-orbiter.md) |
| #7 | **Gantari** | 74 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/gantari/](/fonts/gantari.md) |
| #8 | **Finlandica Text** | 74 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/finlandica-text/](/fonts/finlandica-text.md) |
| #9 | **Funnel Display** | 73 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/funnel-display/](/fonts/funnel-display.md) |
| #10 | **Kanit** | 73 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/kanit/](/fonts/kanit.md) |
| #11 | **Play** | 73 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/play/](/fonts/play.md) |
| #12 | **Varela Round** | 73 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/varela-round/](/fonts/varela-round.md) |

## Other Scripts With Similar Latin Letters

- **Sarala** (Deva): Similarity 76, licence OFL-1.1 - [/fonts/sarala/](/fonts/sarala.md)
- **Amiko** (Deva): Similarity 73, 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/sansation.json](/api/fonts-like/sansation.json).