# Fonts Like Urbanist

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

## Quick Answer

The closest open font to Urbanist is Google Sans (similarity 81), then Albert Sans and Plus Jakarta Sans. Google Sans 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 | **Google Sans** | 81 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/google-sans/](/fonts/google-sans.md) |
| #2 | **Albert Sans** | 77 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/albert-sans/](/fonts/albert-sans.md) |
| #3 | **Plus Jakarta Sans** | 77 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/plus-jakarta-sans/](/fonts/plus-jakarta-sans.md) |
| #4 | **DM Sans** | 76 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/dm-sans/](/fonts/dm-sans.md) |
| #5 | **Be Vietnam Pro** | 76 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/be-vietnam-pro/](/fonts/be-vietnam-pro.md) |
| #6 | **Figtree** | 75 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/figtree/](/fonts/figtree.md) |
| #7 | **Host Grotesk** | 74 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/host-grotesk/](/fonts/host-grotesk.md) |
| #8 | **Reddit Sans** | 74 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/reddit-sans/](/fonts/reddit-sans.md) |
| #9 | **TikTok Sans** | 73 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/tiktok-sans/](/fonts/tiktok-sans.md) |
| #10 | **Outfit** | 73 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/outfit/](/fonts/outfit.md) |
| #11 | **Rethink Sans** | 73 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/rethink-sans/](/fonts/rethink-sans.md) |
| #12 | **Wix Madefor Text** | 73 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/wix-madefor-text/](/fonts/wix-madefor-text.md) |

## Other Scripts With Similar Latin Letters

- **Fustat** (Arab): Similarity 75, licence OFL-1.1 - [/fonts/fustat/](/fonts/fustat.md)
- **Kripa** (Deva): Similarity 73, licence OFL-1.1 - [/fonts/kripa/](/fonts/kripa.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/urbanist.json](/api/fonts-like/urbanist.json).