# Fonts Like Smokum

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

## Quick Answer

The closest open font to Smokum is Mouse Memoirs (similarity 39), then Maiden Orange and Londrina Solid. Mouse Memoirs is released under the SIL Open Font License 1.1 and is free for commercial use.

## Ranked Open Lookalikes (12 Fonts)

> Note: Scores under 50 indicate no open font is very close; these share some traits.

| Rank | Font | Similarity Score | Licence | Details |
| :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- |
| #1 | **Mouse Memoirs** | 39 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/mouse-memoirs/](/fonts/mouse-memoirs.md) |
| #2 | **Maiden Orange** | 39 / 100 | Apache-2.0 | [/fonts/maiden-orange/](/fonts/maiden-orange.md) |
| #3 | **Londrina Solid** | 39 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/londrina-solid/](/fonts/londrina-solid.md) |
| #4 | **League Gothic** | 38 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/league-gothic/](/fonts/league-gothic.md) |
| #5 | **Stint Ultra Condensed** | 37 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/stint-ultra-condensed/](/fonts/stint-ultra-condensed.md) |
| #6 | **Chicle** | 36 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/chicle/](/fonts/chicle.md) |
| #7 | **Road Rage** | 35 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/road-rage/](/fonts/road-rage.md) |
| #8 | **Alumni Sans Collegiate One** | 35 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/alumni-sans-collegiate-one/](/fonts/alumni-sans-collegiate-one.md) |
| #9 | **Chau Philomene One** | 35 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/chau-philomene-one/](/fonts/chau-philomene-one.md) |
| #10 | **Anton** | 34 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/anton/](/fonts/anton.md) |
| #11 | **Medula One** | 34 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/medula-one/](/fonts/medula-one.md) |
| #12 | **Kenia** | 34 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/kenia/](/fonts/kenia.md) |

## Other Scripts With Similar Latin Letters

- **Karantina** (Hebr): Similarity 44, licence OFL-1.1 - [/fonts/karantina/](/fonts/karantina.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/smokum.json](/api/fonts-like/smokum.json).