# Fonts Like Telex

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

## Quick Answer

The closest open font to Telex is Mukta (similarity 87), then Noto Sans and Hind Siliguri. Mukta 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 | **Mukta** | 87 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/mukta/](/fonts/mukta.md) |
| #2 | **Noto Sans** | 84 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/noto-sans/](/fonts/noto-sans.md) |
| #3 | **Hind Siliguri** | 83 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/hind-siliguri/](/fonts/hind-siliguri.md) |
| #4 | **Open Sans** | 83 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/open-sans/](/fonts/open-sans.md) |
| #5 | **Voces** | 83 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/voces/](/fonts/voces.md) |
| #6 | **DejaVu Sans** | 81 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/dejavu-sans/](/fonts/dejavu-sans.md) |
| #7 | **Funnel Sans** | 81 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/funnel-sans/](/fonts/funnel-sans.md) |
| #8 | **Proza Libre** | 80 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/proza-libre/](/fonts/proza-libre.md) |
| #9 | **Nebula Sans** | 80 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/nebula-sans/](/fonts/nebula-sans.md) |
| #10 | **Istok Web** | 80 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/istok-web/](/fonts/istok-web.md) |
| #11 | **Shanti** | 80 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/shanti/](/fonts/shanti.md) |
| #12 | **Liter** | 80 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/liter/](/fonts/liter.md) |

## Other Scripts With Similar Latin Letters

- **Sarala** (Deva): Similarity 94, licence OFL-1.1 - [/fonts/sarala/](/fonts/sarala.md)
- **Amiko** (Deva): Similarity 86, licence OFL-1.1 - [/fonts/amiko/](/fonts/amiko.md)
- **Noto Sans Nag Mundari** (Nagm): Similarity 83, licence OFL-1.1 - [/fonts/noto-sans-nag-mundari/](/fonts/noto-sans-nag-mundari.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/telex.json](/api/fonts-like/telex.json).