# Fonts Like Yaldevi

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

## Quick Answer

The closest open font to Yaldevi is Orienta (similarity 75), then Fira Sans Condensed and Source Sans 3. Orienta 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 | **Orienta** | 75 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/orienta/](/fonts/orienta.md) |
| #2 | **Fira Sans Condensed** | 74 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/fira-sans-condensed/](/fonts/fira-sans-condensed.md) |
| #3 | **Source Sans 3** | 74 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/source-sans-3/](/fonts/source-sans-3.md) |
| #4 | **Assistant** | 73 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/assistant/](/fonts/assistant.md) |
| #5 | **Noto Sans JP** | 73 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/noto-sans-jp/](/fonts/noto-sans-jp.md) |
| #6 | **Carrois Gothic** | 72 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/carrois-gothic/](/fonts/carrois-gothic.md) |
| #7 | **Varta** | 72 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/varta/](/fonts/varta.md) |
| #8 | **Ropa Sans** | 71 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/ropa-sans/](/fonts/ropa-sans.md) |
| #9 | **Imprima** | 71 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/imprima/](/fonts/imprima.md) |
| #10 | **Epunda Sans** | 71 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/epunda-sans/](/fonts/epunda-sans.md) |
| #11 | **Murecho** | 71 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/murecho/](/fonts/murecho.md) |
| #12 | **IBM Plex Sans Condensed** | 71 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/ibm-plex-sans-condensed/](/fonts/ibm-plex-sans-condensed.md) |

## Other Scripts With Similar Latin Letters

- **Chiron Hei HK** (Hant): Similarity 71, licence OFL-1.1 - [/fonts/chiron-hei-hk/](/fonts/chiron-hei-hk.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/yaldevi.json](/api/fonts-like/yaldevi.json).