# Fonts Like Trade Winds

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

## Quick Answer

The closest open font to Trade Winds is Shojumaru (similarity 34), then Permanent Marker and Rubik Bubbles. Shojumaru is released under the SIL Open Font License 1.1 and is free for commercial use.

## Ranked Open Lookalikes (12 Fonts)

> Note: Scores under 50 indicate no open font is very close; these share some traits.

| Rank | Font | Similarity Score | Licence | Details |
| :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- |
| #1 | **Shojumaru** | 34 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/shojumaru/](/fonts/shojumaru.md) |
| #2 | **Permanent Marker** | 33 / 100 | Apache-2.0 | [/fonts/permanent-marker/](/fonts/permanent-marker.md) |
| #3 | **Rubik Bubbles** | 31 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/rubik-bubbles/](/fonts/rubik-bubbles.md) |
| #4 | **Rubik Spray Paint** | 29 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/rubik-spray-paint/](/fonts/rubik-spray-paint.md) |
| #5 | **Lemon** | 29 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/lemon/](/fonts/lemon.md) |
| #6 | **Rubik Marker Hatch** | 27 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/rubik-marker-hatch/](/fonts/rubik-marker-hatch.md) |
| #7 | **Coiny** | 27 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/coiny/](/fonts/coiny.md) |
| #8 | **Rubik Distressed** | 26 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/rubik-distressed/](/fonts/rubik-distressed.md) |
| #9 | **Frijole** | 25 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/frijole/](/fonts/frijole.md) |
| #10 | **Rubik Beastly** | 25 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/rubik-beastly/](/fonts/rubik-beastly.md) |
| #11 | **Agbalumo** | 25 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/agbalumo/](/fonts/agbalumo.md) |
| #12 | **Fugaz One** | 25 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/fugaz-one/](/fonts/fugaz-one.md) |

## Other Scripts With Similar Latin Letters

- **Sriracha** (Thai): Similarity 39, licence OFL-1.1 - [/fonts/sriracha/](/fonts/sriracha.md)
- **Cherry Bomb One** (Hira): Similarity 28, licence OFL-1.1 - [/fonts/cherry-bomb-one/](/fonts/cherry-bomb-one.md)
- **Darumadrop One** (Hira): Similarity 27, licence OFL-1.1 - [/fonts/darumadrop-one/](/fonts/darumadrop-one.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/trade-winds.json](/api/fonts-like/trade-winds.json).