# Fonts Like Sofia Sans

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

## Quick Answer

The closest open font to Sofia Sans is Sofia Sans Semi Condensed (similarity 97), then Clear Sans and Coda. Sofia Sans Semi Condensed 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 | **Sofia Sans Semi Condensed** | 97 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/sofia-sans-semi-condensed/](/fonts/sofia-sans-semi-condensed.md) |
| #2 | **Clear Sans** | 80 / 100 | Apache-2.0 | [/fonts/clear-sans/](/fonts/clear-sans.md) |
| #3 | **Coda** | 78 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/coda/](/fonts/coda.md) |
| #4 | **Roboto Flex** | 78 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/roboto-flex/](/fonts/roboto-flex.md) |
| #5 | **Merriweather Sans** | 78 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/merriweather-sans/](/fonts/merriweather-sans.md) |
| #6 | **Heebo** | 77 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/heebo/](/fonts/heebo.md) |
| #7 | **Yantramanav** | 77 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/yantramanav/](/fonts/yantramanav.md) |
| #8 | **Chivo** | 77 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/chivo/](/fonts/chivo.md) |
| #9 | **Anek Telugu** | 77 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/anek-telugu/](/fonts/anek-telugu.md) |
| #10 | **Spline Sans** | 77 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/spline-sans/](/fonts/spline-sans.md) |
| #11 | **Inria Sans** | 77 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/inria-sans/](/fonts/inria-sans.md) |
| #12 | **Public Sans** | 77 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/public-sans/](/fonts/public-sans.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.json](/api/fonts-like/sofia-sans.json).