# Fonts Like Times New Roman

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

## Quick Answer

The closest open font to Times New Roman is STIX Two Text (similarity 84), then Libre Caslon Text and Redaction. STIX Two Text is released under the SIL Open Font License 1.1 and is free for commercial use.

## Reference Font Profile

- **Family**: Times New Roman
- **Kind**: system font (no preview: commercial font, described from its sources)
- **Designer**: Monotype Type Drawing Office - Stanley Morison, Victor Lardent 1932
- **Vendor**: Agfa Monotype Corporation
- **Supplied With**: Windows 11, Windows 10, Windows 8.1
- **Licence**: LicenseRef-Windows-Font
- **Sources**:
  - [designers, vendor, products](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/typography/font-list/times-new-roman) (read 2026-10-22)

### Fallback CSS Stack

```css
font-family: "Times New Roman", "STIX Two Text", serif;
```

## Ranked Open Lookalikes (12 Fonts)

| Rank | Font | Similarity Score | Licence | Details |
| :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- |
| #1 | **STIX Two Text** | 84 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/stix-two-text/](/fonts/stix-two-text.md) |
| #2 | **Libre Caslon Text** | 79 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/libre-caslon-text/](/fonts/libre-caslon-text.md) |
| #3 | **Redaction** | 75 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/redaction/](/fonts/redaction.md) |
| #4 | **Sawarabi Mincho** | 73 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/sawarabi-mincho/](/fonts/sawarabi-mincho.md) |
| #5 | **Libertinus Serif** | 73 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/libertinus-serif/](/fonts/libertinus-serif.md) |
| #6 | **Wittgenstein** | 72 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/wittgenstein/](/fonts/wittgenstein.md) |
| #7 | **Crimson Text** | 72 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/crimson-text/](/fonts/crimson-text.md) |
| #8 | **Spectral** | 72 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/spectral/](/fonts/spectral.md) |
| #9 | **Adamina** | 71 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/adamina/](/fonts/adamina.md) |
| #10 | **Libre Baskerville** | 71 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/libre-baskerville/](/fonts/libre-baskerville.md) |
| #11 | **Nanum Myeongjo** | 71 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/nanum-myeongjo/](/fonts/nanum-myeongjo.md) |
| #12 | **Ibarra Real Nova** | 70 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/ibarra-real-nova/](/fonts/ibarra-real-nova.md) |

## Other Scripts With Similar Latin Letters

- **Nuosu SIL** (Yiii): Similarity 98, licence OFL-1.1 - [/fonts/nuosu-sil/](/fonts/nuosu-sil.md)
- **Jomolhari** (Tibt): Similarity 93, licence OFL-1.1 - [/fonts/jomolhari/](/fonts/jomolhari.md)
- **Gulzar** (Arab): Similarity 75, licence OFL-1.1 - [/fonts/gulzar/](/fonts/gulzar.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/times-new-roman.json](/api/fonts-like/times-new-roman.json).