# Fonts Like Varela

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

## Quick Answer

The closest open font to Varela is Gantari (similarity 88), then Funnel Display and REM. Gantari 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 | **Gantari** | 88 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/gantari/](/fonts/gantari.md) |
| #2 | **Funnel Display** | 85 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/funnel-display/](/fonts/funnel-display.md) |
| #3 | **REM** | 85 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/rem/](/fonts/rem.md) |
| #4 | **Clarity City** | 84 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/clarity-city/](/fonts/clarity-city.md) |
| #5 | **Alan Sans** | 83 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/alan-sans/](/fonts/alan-sans.md) |
| #6 | **Host Grotesk** | 83 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/host-grotesk/](/fonts/host-grotesk.md) |
| #7 | **TASA Orbiter** | 83 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/tasa-orbiter/](/fonts/tasa-orbiter.md) |
| #8 | **Liter** | 83 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/liter/](/fonts/liter.md) |
| #9 | **Prompt** | 82 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/prompt/](/fonts/prompt.md) |
| #10 | **Metropolis** | 81 / 100 | Unlicense | [/fonts/metropolis/](/fonts/metropolis.md) |
| #11 | **Figtree** | 81 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/figtree/](/fonts/figtree.md) |
| #12 | **Zalando Sans** | 81 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/zalando-sans/](/fonts/zalando-sans.md) |

## Other Scripts With Similar Latin Letters

- **NTR** (Telu): Similarity 87, licence OFL-1.1 - [/fonts/ntr/](/fonts/ntr.md)
- **Amiko** (Deva): Similarity 84, licence OFL-1.1 - [/fonts/amiko/](/fonts/amiko.md)
- **Huninn** (Hant): Similarity 83, licence OFL-1.1 - [/fonts/huninn/](/fonts/huninn.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/varela.json](/api/fonts-like/varela.json).