# Fonts Like Ubuntu Sans

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

## Quick Answer

The closest open font to Ubuntu Sans is Ubuntu (similarity 96), then Hind Siliguri and ABeeZee. Ubuntu is released under the Ubuntu Font Licence 1.0 and is free for commercial use.

## Ranked Open Lookalikes (12 Fonts)

| Rank | Font | Similarity Score | Licence | Details |
| :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- |
| #1 | **Ubuntu** | 96 / 100 | UFL-1.0 | [/fonts/ubuntu/](/fonts/ubuntu.md) |
| #2 | **Hind Siliguri** | 80 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/hind-siliguri/](/fonts/hind-siliguri.md) |
| #3 | **ABeeZee** | 80 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/abeezee/](/fonts/abeezee.md) |
| #4 | **Noto Sans** | 79 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/noto-sans/](/fonts/noto-sans.md) |
| #5 | **Encode Sans** | 79 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/encode-sans/](/fonts/encode-sans.md) |
| #6 | **Open Sans** | 79 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/open-sans/](/fonts/open-sans.md) |
| #7 | **Duru Sans** | 78 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/duru-sans/](/fonts/duru-sans.md) |
| #8 | **Oxygen** | 77 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/oxygen/](/fonts/oxygen.md) |
| #9 | **Maven Pro** | 77 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/maven-pro/](/fonts/maven-pro.md) |
| #10 | **PT Sans Caption** | 77 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/pt-sans-caption/](/fonts/pt-sans-caption.md) |
| #11 | **Ancizar Sans** | 77 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/ancizar-sans/](/fonts/ancizar-sans.md) |
| #12 | **Mukta** | 77 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/mukta/](/fonts/mukta.md) |

## Other Scripts With Similar Latin Letters

- **Khula** (Deva): Similarity 79, licence OFL-1.1 - [/fonts/khula/](/fonts/khula.md)
- **Hind Guntur** (Telu): Similarity 79, licence OFL-1.1 - [/fonts/hind-guntur/](/fonts/hind-guntur.md)
- **Noto Sans Hebrew** (Hebr): Similarity 79, licence OFL-1.1 - [/fonts/noto-sans-hebrew/](/fonts/noto-sans-hebrew.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/ubuntu-sans.json](/api/fonts-like/ubuntu-sans.json).