# Fonts Like Scheherazade New

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

## Quick Answer

The closest open font to Scheherazade New is STIX Two Text (similarity 85), then Libre Caslon Text and Redaction. STIX Two Text 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 | **STIX Two Text** | 85 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/stix-two-text/](/fonts/stix-two-text.md) |
| #2 | **Libre Caslon Text** | 80 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/libre-caslon-text/](/fonts/libre-caslon-text.md) |
| #3 | **Redaction** | 76 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/redaction/](/fonts/redaction.md) |
| #4 | **Wittgenstein** | 74 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/wittgenstein/](/fonts/wittgenstein.md) |
| #5 | **Sawarabi Mincho** | 73 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/sawarabi-mincho/](/fonts/sawarabi-mincho.md) |
| #6 | **Libre Baskerville** | 72 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/libre-baskerville/](/fonts/libre-baskerville.md) |
| #7 | **Spectral** | 72 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/spectral/](/fonts/spectral.md) |
| #8 | **Libertinus Serif** | 72 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/libertinus-serif/](/fonts/libertinus-serif.md) |
| #9 | **Crimson Text** | 71 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/crimson-text/](/fonts/crimson-text.md) |
| #10 | **Newsreader** | 71 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/newsreader/](/fonts/newsreader.md) |
| #11 | **Nanum Myeongjo** | 71 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/nanum-myeongjo/](/fonts/nanum-myeongjo.md) |
| #12 | **Ibarra Real Nova** | 71 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/ibarra-real-nova/](/fonts/ibarra-real-nova.md) |

## Other Scripts With Similar Latin Letters

- **Jomolhari** (Tibt): Similarity 94, licence OFL-1.1 - [/fonts/jomolhari/](/fonts/jomolhari.md)
- **Gulzar** (Arab): Similarity 74, licence OFL-1.1 - [/fonts/gulzar/](/fonts/gulzar.md)
- **Shippori Mincho** (Jpan): Similarity 72, licence OFL-1.1 - [/fonts/shippori-mincho/](/fonts/shippori-mincho.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/scheherazade-new.json](/api/fonts-like/scheherazade-new.json).