# Fonts Like Special Gothic Condensed One

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

## Quick Answer

The closest open font to Special Gothic Condensed One is Oswald (similarity 89), then Freeman and Cossette Titre. Oswald 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 | **Oswald** | 89 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/oswald/](/fonts/oswald.md) |
| #2 | **Freeman** | 87 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/freeman/](/fonts/freeman.md) |
| #3 | **Cossette Titre** | 83 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/cossette-titre/](/fonts/cossette-titre.md) |
| #4 | **Francois One** | 83 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/francois-one/](/fonts/francois-one.md) |
| #5 | **Fjalla One** | 82 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/fjalla-one/](/fonts/fjalla-one.md) |
| #6 | **Mohave** | 78 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/mohave/](/fonts/mohave.md) |
| #7 | **Share** | 78 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/share/](/fonts/share.md) |
| #8 | **Pathway Gothic One** | 77 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/pathway-gothic-one/](/fonts/pathway-gothic-one.md) |
| #9 | **Sofia Sans Extra Condensed** | 76 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/sofia-sans-extra-condensed/](/fonts/sofia-sans-extra-condensed.md) |
| #10 | **Barlow Condensed** | 76 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/barlow-condensed/](/fonts/barlow-condensed.md) |
| #11 | **Sofia Sans Condensed** | 76 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/sofia-sans-condensed/](/fonts/sofia-sans-condensed.md) |
| #12 | **Jockey One** | 75 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/jockey-one/](/fonts/jockey-one.md) |

## Other Scripts With Similar Latin Letters

- **Teko** (Deva): Similarity 80, licence OFL-1.1 - [/fonts/teko/](/fonts/teko.md)
- **Akshar** (Deva): Similarity 79, licence OFL-1.1 - [/fonts/akshar/](/fonts/akshar.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/special-gothic-condensed-one.json](/api/fonts-like/special-gothic-condensed-one.json).