# Fonts Like Waiting for the Sunrise

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

## Quick Answer

The closest open font to Waiting for the Sunrise is Salsa (similarity 3), then Shadows Into Light Two and Single Day. Salsa 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 | **Salsa** | 3 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/salsa/](/fonts/salsa.md) |
| #2 | **Shadows Into Light Two** | 3 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/shadows-into-light-two/](/fonts/shadows-into-light-two.md) |
| #3 | **Single Day** | 3 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/single-day/](/fonts/single-day.md) |
| #4 | **Piedra** | 2 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/piedra/](/fonts/piedra.md) |
| #5 | **Chewy** | 2 / 100 | Apache-2.0 | [/fonts/chewy/](/fonts/chewy.md) |
| #6 | **Skranji** | 1 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/skranji/](/fonts/skranji.md) |
| #7 | **Bubblegum Sans** | 1 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/bubblegum-sans/](/fonts/bubblegum-sans.md) |
| #8 | **Acme** | 0 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/acme/](/fonts/acme.md) |
| #9 | **Winky Rough** | 0 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/winky-rough/](/fonts/winky-rough.md) |
| #10 | **Nerko One** | 0 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/nerko-one/](/fonts/nerko-one.md) |
| #11 | **Spicy Rice** | 0 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/spicy-rice/](/fonts/spicy-rice.md) |
| #12 | **DynaPuff** | 0 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/dynapuff/](/fonts/dynapuff.md) |

## Other Scripts With Similar Latin Letters

- **Nanum Brush Script** (Kore): Similarity 1, licence OFL-1.1 - [/fonts/nanum-brush-script/](/fonts/nanum-brush-script.md)
- **Potta One** (Jpan): Similarity 1, licence OFL-1.1 - [/fonts/potta-one/](/fonts/potta-one.md)
- **Gaegu** (Kore): Similarity 0, licence OFL-1.1 - [/fonts/gaegu/](/fonts/gaegu.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/waiting-for-the-sunrise.json](/api/fonts-like/waiting-for-the-sunrise.json).