# Fonts Like Work Sans

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

## Quick Answer

The closest open font to Work Sans is Golos Text (similarity 86), then Schibsted Grotesk and Liter. Golos Text 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 | **Golos Text** | 86 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/golos-text/](/fonts/golos-text.md) |
| #2 | **Schibsted Grotesk** | 84 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/schibsted-grotesk/](/fonts/schibsted-grotesk.md) |
| #3 | **Liter** | 84 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/liter/](/fonts/liter.md) |
| #4 | **Adwaita Sans** | 84 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/adwaita-sans/](/fonts/adwaita-sans.md) |
| #5 | **Scoutie Sans** | 84 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/scoutie-sans/](/fonts/scoutie-sans.md) |
| #6 | **Karla** | 83 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/karla/](/fonts/karla.md) |
| #7 | **Inter** | 82 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/inter/](/fonts/inter.md) |
| #8 | **TASA Orbiter** | 81 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/tasa-orbiter/](/fonts/tasa-orbiter.md) |
| #9 | **DM Sans** | 81 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/dm-sans/](/fonts/dm-sans.md) |
| #10 | **Radio Canada Big** | 81 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/radio-canada-big/](/fonts/radio-canada-big.md) |
| #11 | **Pretendard** | 81 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/pretendard/](/fonts/pretendard.md) |
| #12 | **Hedvig Letters Sans** | 81 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/hedvig-letters-sans/](/fonts/hedvig-letters-sans.md) |

## Other Scripts With Similar Latin Letters

- **Kantumruy Pro** (Khmr): Similarity 97, licence OFL-1.1 - [/fonts/kantumruy-pro/](/fonts/kantumruy-pro.md)
- **Fustat** (Arab): Similarity 85, licence OFL-1.1 - [/fonts/fustat/](/fonts/fustat.md)
- **Kripa** (Deva): Similarity 84, 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/work-sans.json](/api/fonts-like/work-sans.json).