# Fonts Like Zen Antique Soft

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

## Quick Answer

The closest open font to Zen Antique Soft is Stardos Stencil (similarity 78), then Arbutus Slab and Old Standard TT. Stardos Stencil 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 | **Stardos Stencil** | 78 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/stardos-stencil/](/fonts/stardos-stencil.md) |
| #2 | **Arbutus Slab** | 75 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/arbutus-slab/](/fonts/arbutus-slab.md) |
| #3 | **Old Standard TT** | 73 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/old-standard-tt/](/fonts/old-standard-tt.md) |
| #4 | **Prata** | 73 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/prata/](/fonts/prata.md) |
| #5 | **Redaction** | 71 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/redaction/](/fonts/redaction.md) |
| #6 | **Libre Bodoni** | 69 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/libre-bodoni/](/fonts/libre-bodoni.md) |
| #7 | **Bodoni Moda** | 69 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/bodoni-moda/](/fonts/bodoni-moda.md) |
| #8 | **Yeseva One** | 68 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/yeseva-one/](/fonts/yeseva-one.md) |
| #9 | **Frank Ruhl Libre** | 67 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/frank-ruhl-libre/](/fonts/frank-ruhl-libre.md) |
| #10 | **Fraunces** | 67 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/fraunces/](/fonts/fraunces.md) |
| #11 | **GFS Didot** | 67 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/gfs-didot/](/fonts/gfs-didot.md) |
| #12 | **Bagnard** | 67 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/bagnard/](/fonts/bagnard.md) |

## Other Scripts With Similar Latin Letters

- **Zen Old Mincho** (Jpan): Similarity 82, licence OFL-1.1 - [/fonts/zen-old-mincho/](/fonts/zen-old-mincho.md)
- **BJCree** (Cans): Similarity 78, licence OFL-1.1 - [/fonts/bjcree/](/fonts/bjcree.md)
- **Uchen** (Tibt): Similarity 77, licence OFL-1.1 - [/fonts/uchen/](/fonts/uchen.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/zen-antique-soft.json](/api/fonts-like/zen-antique-soft.json).