# Fonts Like Shippori Mincho B1

12 open fonts whose letters are closest to Shippori Mincho B1, ranked by a glyph comparison. All free for commercial use.

## Quick Answer

The closest open font to Shippori Mincho B1 is Redaction (similarity 74), then Libre Caslon Text and Frank Ruhl Libre. Redaction 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 | **Redaction** | 74 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/redaction/](/fonts/redaction.md) |
| #2 | **Libre Caslon Text** | 73 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/libre-caslon-text/](/fonts/libre-caslon-text.md) |
| #3 | **Frank Ruhl Libre** | 72 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/frank-ruhl-libre/](/fonts/frank-ruhl-libre.md) |
| #4 | **Arbutus Slab** | 71 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/arbutus-slab/](/fonts/arbutus-slab.md) |
| #5 | **STIX Two Text** | 70 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/stix-two-text/](/fonts/stix-two-text.md) |
| #6 | **Libertinus Serif** | 70 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/libertinus-serif/](/fonts/libertinus-serif.md) |
| #7 | **Amethysta** | 70 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/amethysta/](/fonts/amethysta.md) |
| #8 | **Adamina** | 70 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/adamina/](/fonts/adamina.md) |
| #9 | **Spectral** | 69 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/spectral/](/fonts/spectral.md) |
| #10 | **Libre Baskerville** | 68 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/libre-baskerville/](/fonts/libre-baskerville.md) |
| #11 | **Ponomar** | 68 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/ponomar/](/fonts/ponomar.md) |
| #12 | **Sawarabi Mincho** | 68 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/sawarabi-mincho/](/fonts/sawarabi-mincho.md) |

## Other Scripts With Similar Latin Letters

- **Zen Antique Soft** (Jpan): Similarity 72, licence OFL-1.1 - [/fonts/zen-antique-soft/](/fonts/zen-antique-soft.md)
- **Nuosu SIL** (Yiii): Similarity 72, licence OFL-1.1 - [/fonts/nuosu-sil/](/fonts/nuosu-sil.md)
- **Jomolhari** (Tibt): Similarity 72, licence OFL-1.1 - [/fonts/jomolhari/](/fonts/jomolhari.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/shippori-mincho-b1.json](/api/fonts-like/shippori-mincho-b1.json).