# Fonts Like Trebuchet MS

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

## Quick Answer

The closest open font to Trebuchet MS is Noto Sans JP (similarity 79), then Source Sans 3 and Varta. Noto Sans JP is released under the SIL Open Font License 1.1 and is free for commercial use.

## Reference Font Profile

- **Family**: Trebuchet MS
- **Kind**: system font (no preview: commercial font, described from its sources)
- **Designer**: Vincent Connare
- **Vendor**: Microsoft Corp.
- **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/trebuchet-ms) (read 2026-10-22)

### Fallback CSS Stack

```css
font-family: "Trebuchet MS", "Noto Sans JP", sans-serif;
```

## Ranked Open Lookalikes (12 Fonts)

| Rank | Font | Similarity Score | Licence | Details |
| :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- |
| #1 | **Noto Sans JP** | 79 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/noto-sans-jp/](/fonts/noto-sans-jp.md) |
| #2 | **Source Sans 3** | 79 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/source-sans-3/](/fonts/source-sans-3.md) |
| #3 | **Varta** | 78 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/varta/](/fonts/varta.md) |
| #4 | **PT Sans** | 78 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/pt-sans/](/fonts/pt-sans.md) |
| #5 | **Overpass** | 77 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/overpass/](/fonts/overpass.md) |
| #6 | **Fira Sans** | 76 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/fira-sans/](/fonts/fira-sans.md) |
| #7 | **Assistant** | 76 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/assistant/](/fonts/assistant.md) |
| #8 | **Rambla** | 76 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/rambla/](/fonts/rambla.md) |
| #9 | **Reddit Sans Condensed** | 76 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/reddit-sans-condensed/](/fonts/reddit-sans-condensed.md) |
| #10 | **Heebo** | 76 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/heebo/](/fonts/heebo.md) |
| #11 | **Murecho** | 76 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/murecho/](/fonts/murecho.md) |
| #12 | **Merriweather Sans** | 75 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/merriweather-sans/](/fonts/merriweather-sans.md) |

## Other Scripts With Similar Latin Letters

- **Sarabun** (Thai): Similarity 80, licence OFL-1.1 - [/fonts/sarabun/](/fonts/sarabun.md)
- **Narnoor** (Gong): Similarity 79, licence OFL-1.1 - [/fonts/narnoor/](/fonts/narnoor.md)
- **Chiron Hei HK** (Hant): Similarity 76, licence OFL-1.1 - [/fonts/chiron-hei-hk/](/fonts/chiron-hei-hk.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/trebuchet-ms.json](/api/fonts-like/trebuchet-ms.json).