# Fonts Like Young Serif

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

## Quick Answer

The closest open font to Young Serif is Radley (similarity 65), then Averia Serif Libre and Arbutus Slab. Radley 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 | **Radley** | 65 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/radley/](/fonts/radley.md) |
| #2 | **Averia Serif Libre** | 65 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/averia-serif-libre/](/fonts/averia-serif-libre.md) |
| #3 | **Arbutus Slab** | 64 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/arbutus-slab/](/fonts/arbutus-slab.md) |
| #4 | **Stoke** | 62 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/stoke/](/fonts/stoke.md) |
| #5 | **Bagnard** | 62 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/bagnard/](/fonts/bagnard.md) |
| #6 | **Fraunces** | 61 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/fraunces/](/fonts/fraunces.md) |
| #7 | **Libre Baskerville** | 61 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/libre-baskerville/](/fonts/libre-baskerville.md) |
| #8 | **Vollkorn** | 60 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/vollkorn/](/fonts/vollkorn.md) |
| #9 | **Redaction** | 60 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/redaction/](/fonts/redaction.md) |
| #10 | **Gelasio** | 60 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/gelasio/](/fonts/gelasio.md) |
| #11 | **Shafarik** | 60 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/shafarik/](/fonts/shafarik.md) |
| #12 | **Crete Round** | 60 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/crete-round/](/fonts/crete-round.md) |

## Other Scripts With Similar Latin Letters

- **Inknut Antiqua** (Deva): Similarity 63, licence OFL-1.1 - [/fonts/inknut-antiqua/](/fonts/inknut-antiqua.md)
- **Song Myung** (Kore): Similarity 61, licence OFL-1.1 - [/fonts/song-myung/](/fonts/song-myung.md)
- **Alkalami** (Arab): Similarity 61, licence OFL-1.1 - [/fonts/alkalami/](/fonts/alkalami.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/young-serif.json](/api/fonts-like/young-serif.json).