# Fonts Like Sofia Sans Extra Condensed

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

## Quick Answer

The closest open font to Sofia Sans Extra Condensed is Pathway Gothic One (similarity 87), then Oswald and BenchNine. Pathway Gothic One 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 | **Pathway Gothic One** | 87 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/pathway-gothic-one/](/fonts/pathway-gothic-one.md) |
| #2 | **Oswald** | 85 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/oswald/](/fonts/oswald.md) |
| #3 | **BenchNine** | 79 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/benchnine/](/fonts/benchnine.md) |
| #4 | **Fjalla One** | 79 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/fjalla-one/](/fonts/fjalla-one.md) |
| #5 | **Barlow Condensed** | 78 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/barlow-condensed/](/fonts/barlow-condensed.md) |
| #6 | **Cossette Titre** | 77 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/cossette-titre/](/fonts/cossette-titre.md) |
| #7 | **Saira Extra Condensed** | 77 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/saira-extra-condensed/](/fonts/saira-extra-condensed.md) |
| #8 | **Special Gothic Condensed One** | 76 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/special-gothic-condensed-one/](/fonts/special-gothic-condensed-one.md) |
| #9 | **Big Shoulders** | 75 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/big-shoulders/](/fonts/big-shoulders.md) |
| #10 | **Mohave** | 75 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/mohave/](/fonts/mohave.md) |
| #11 | **Economica** | 75 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/economica/](/fonts/economica.md) |
| #12 | **Sofia Sans Condensed** | 72 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/sofia-sans-condensed/](/fonts/sofia-sans-condensed.md) |

## Other Scripts With Similar Latin Letters

- **Teko** (Deva): Similarity 74, licence OFL-1.1 - [/fonts/teko/](/fonts/teko.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/sofia-sans-extra-condensed.json](/api/fonts-like/sofia-sans-extra-condensed.json).