# Fonts Like Sawarabi Gothic

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

## Quick Answer

The closest open font to Sawarabi Gothic is Istok Web (similarity 80), then Funnel Sans and Almarai. Istok Web 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 | **Istok Web** | 80 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/istok-web/](/fonts/istok-web.md) |
| #2 | **Funnel Sans** | 79 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/funnel-sans/](/fonts/funnel-sans.md) |
| #3 | **Almarai** | 78 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/almarai/](/fonts/almarai.md) |
| #4 | **Pliant** | 78 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/pliant/](/fonts/pliant.md) |
| #5 | **Inter Tight** | 78 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/inter-tight/](/fonts/inter-tight.md) |
| #6 | **Akt** | 77 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/akt/](/fonts/akt.md) |
| #7 | **Pontano Sans** | 77 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/pontano-sans/](/fonts/pontano-sans.md) |
| #8 | **Pretendard** | 77 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/pretendard/](/fonts/pretendard.md) |
| #9 | **Roboto Flex** | 76 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/roboto-flex/](/fonts/roboto-flex.md) |
| #10 | **Yantramanav** | 76 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/yantramanav/](/fonts/yantramanav.md) |
| #11 | **Zalando Sans** | 76 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/zalando-sans/](/fonts/zalando-sans.md) |
| #12 | **Heebo** | 76 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/heebo/](/fonts/heebo.md) |

## Other Scripts With Similar Latin Letters

- **Noto Sans Nag Mundari** (Nagm): Similarity 76, licence OFL-1.1 - [/fonts/noto-sans-nag-mundari/](/fonts/noto-sans-nag-mundari.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/sawarabi-gothic.json](/api/fonts-like/sawarabi-gothic.json).