# Fonts Like Zen Kurenaido

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

## Quick Answer

The closest open font to Zen Kurenaido is Dosis (similarity 42), then News Cycle and Cooper Hewitt. Dosis 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 | **Dosis** | 42 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/dosis/](/fonts/dosis.md) |
| #2 | **News Cycle** | 42 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/news-cycle/](/fonts/news-cycle.md) |
| #3 | **Cooper Hewitt** | 41 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/cooper-hewitt/](/fonts/cooper-hewitt.md) |
| #4 | **Josefin Sans** | 41 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/josefin-sans/](/fonts/josefin-sans.md) |
| #5 | **Barlow** | 40 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/barlow/](/fonts/barlow.md) |
| #6 | **IBM Plex Sans Condensed** | 40 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/ibm-plex-sans-condensed/](/fonts/ibm-plex-sans-condensed.md) |
| #7 | **Asap** | 39 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/asap/](/fonts/asap.md) |
| #8 | **PT Sans** | 39 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/pt-sans/](/fonts/pt-sans.md) |
| #9 | **Roboto Flex** | 39 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/roboto-flex/](/fonts/roboto-flex.md) |
| #10 | **Heebo** | 38 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/heebo/](/fonts/heebo.md) |
| #11 | **Gidole** | 38 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/gidole/](/fonts/gidole.md) |
| #12 | **Overpass** | 38 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/overpass/](/fonts/overpass.md) |

## Other Scripts With Similar Latin Letters

- **Beiruti** (Arab): Similarity 51, licence OFL-1.1 - [/fonts/beiruti/](/fonts/beiruti.md)
- **Zen Maru Gothic** (Jpan): Similarity 42, licence OFL-1.1 - [/fonts/zen-maru-gothic/](/fonts/zen-maru-gothic.md)
- **Chiron Hei HK** (Hant): Similarity 41, 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/zen-kurenaido.json](/api/fonts-like/zen-kurenaido.json).