# Fonts Like Segoe UI

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

## Quick Answer

The closest open font to Segoe UI is Hind Siliguri (similarity 89), then Noto Sans and Open Sans. Hind Siliguri is released under the SIL Open Font License 1.1 and is free for commercial use.

## Reference Font Profile

- **Family**: Segoe UI
- **Kind**: system font (no preview: commercial font, described from its sources)
- **Vendor**: Agfa Monotype Corporation
- **Supplied With**: Windows 11, Windows 10, Windows 8.1
- **Licence**: LicenseRef-Windows-Font
- **Sources**:
  - [designers, vendor, products](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/typography/font-list/segoe-ui) (read 2026-10-22)

### Fallback CSS Stack

```css
font-family: "Segoe UI", "Hind Siliguri", sans-serif;
```

## Ranked Open Lookalikes (12 Fonts)

| Rank | Font | Similarity Score | Licence | Details |
| :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- |
| #1 | **Hind Siliguri** | 89 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/hind-siliguri/](/fonts/hind-siliguri.md) |
| #2 | **Noto Sans** | 88 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/noto-sans/](/fonts/noto-sans.md) |
| #3 | **Open Sans** | 86 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/open-sans/](/fonts/open-sans.md) |
| #4 | **Mukta** | 83 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/mukta/](/fonts/mukta.md) |
| #5 | **Nanum Gothic** | 83 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/nanum-gothic/](/fonts/nanum-gothic.md) |
| #6 | **Oxygen** | 83 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/oxygen/](/fonts/oxygen.md) |
| #7 | **Tajawal** | 83 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/tajawal/](/fonts/tajawal.md) |
| #8 | **Telex** | 81 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/telex/](/fonts/telex.md) |
| #9 | **Asap Sharp** | 81 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/asap-sharp/](/fonts/asap-sharp.md) |
| #10 | **Nebula Sans** | 81 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/nebula-sans/](/fonts/nebula-sans.md) |
| #11 | **Shanti** | 81 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/shanti/](/fonts/shanti.md) |
| #12 | **Voces** | 81 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/voces/](/fonts/voces.md) |

## Other Scripts With Similar Latin Letters

- **Hind Guntur** (Telu): Similarity 88, licence OFL-1.1 - [/fonts/hind-guntur/](/fonts/hind-guntur.md)
- **Noto Sans Hebrew** (Hebr): Similarity 87, licence OFL-1.1 - [/fonts/noto-sans-hebrew/](/fonts/noto-sans-hebrew.md)
- **Khula** (Deva): Similarity 87, licence OFL-1.1 - [/fonts/khula/](/fonts/khula.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/segoe-ui.json](/api/fonts-like/segoe-ui.json).