# Fonts Like Special Gothic

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

## Quick Answer

The closest open font to Special Gothic is Public Sans (similarity 90), then Pretendard and Zalando Sans. Public Sans 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 | **Public Sans** | 90 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/public-sans/](/fonts/public-sans.md) |
| #2 | **Pretendard** | 87 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/pretendard/](/fonts/pretendard.md) |
| #3 | **Zalando Sans** | 86 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/zalando-sans/](/fonts/zalando-sans.md) |
| #4 | **Libre Franklin** | 86 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/libre-franklin/](/fonts/libre-franklin.md) |
| #5 | **Inter Tight** | 86 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/inter-tight/](/fonts/inter-tight.md) |
| #6 | **Momo Trust Sans** | 86 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/momo-trust-sans/](/fonts/momo-trust-sans.md) |
| #7 | **Miranda Sans** | 85 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/miranda-sans/](/fonts/miranda-sans.md) |
| #8 | **Roboto Flex** | 85 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/roboto-flex/](/fonts/roboto-flex.md) |
| #9 | **Gothic A1** | 85 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/gothic-a1/](/fonts/gothic-a1.md) |
| #10 | **Geist** | 84 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/geist/](/fonts/geist.md) |
| #11 | **Funnel Sans** | 84 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/funnel-sans/](/fonts/funnel-sans.md) |
| #12 | **Adwaita Sans** | 84 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/adwaita-sans/](/fonts/adwaita-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/special-gothic.json](/api/fonts-like/special-gothic.json).