# Fonts Like Zen Maru Gothic

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

## Quick Answer

The closest open font to Zen Maru Gothic is Wix Madefor Text (similarity 73), then Almarai and Pontano Sans. Wix Madefor 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 | **Wix Madefor Text** | 73 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/wix-madefor-text/](/fonts/wix-madefor-text.md) |
| #2 | **Almarai** | 72 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/almarai/](/fonts/almarai.md) |
| #3 | **Pontano Sans** | 71 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/pontano-sans/](/fonts/pontano-sans.md) |
| #4 | **Gothic A1** | 69 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/gothic-a1/](/fonts/gothic-a1.md) |
| #5 | **Nunito** | 69 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/nunito/](/fonts/nunito.md) |
| #6 | **Red Hat Text** | 68 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/red-hat-text/](/fonts/red-hat-text.md) |
| #7 | **Roboto Flex** | 68 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/roboto-flex/](/fonts/roboto-flex.md) |
| #8 | **Reddit Sans** | 68 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/reddit-sans/](/fonts/reddit-sans.md) |
| #9 | **Nunito Sans** | 68 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/nunito-sans/](/fonts/nunito-sans.md) |
| #10 | **SN Pro** | 67 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/sn-pro/](/fonts/sn-pro.md) |
| #11 | **Istok Web** | 67 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/istok-web/](/fonts/istok-web.md) |
| #12 | **M PLUS Rounded 1c** | 67 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/m-plus-rounded-1c/](/fonts/m-plus-rounded-1c.md) |

## Other Scripts With Similar Latin Letters

- **Zen Kaku Gothic New** (Jpan): Similarity 94, licence OFL-1.1 - [/fonts/zen-kaku-gothic-new/](/fonts/zen-kaku-gothic-new.md)
- **Pavanam** (Taml): Similarity 71, licence OFL-1.1 - [/fonts/pavanam/](/fonts/pavanam.md)
- **Mingzat** (Lepc): Similarity 68, licence OFL-1.1 - [/fonts/mingzat/](/fonts/mingzat.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-maru-gothic.json](/api/fonts-like/zen-maru-gothic.json).