# Fonts Like Zen Old Mincho

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

## Quick Answer

The closest open font to Zen Old Mincho is Old Standard TT (similarity 67), then Stardos Stencil and Prata. Old Standard TT 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 | **Old Standard TT** | 67 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/old-standard-tt/](/fonts/old-standard-tt.md) |
| #2 | **Stardos Stencil** | 64 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/stardos-stencil/](/fonts/stardos-stencil.md) |
| #3 | **Prata** | 63 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/prata/](/fonts/prata.md) |
| #4 | **Redaction** | 63 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/redaction/](/fonts/redaction.md) |
| #5 | **Libre Bodoni** | 63 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/libre-bodoni/](/fonts/libre-bodoni.md) |
| #6 | **Bodoni Moda** | 61 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/bodoni-moda/](/fonts/bodoni-moda.md) |
| #7 | **Arbutus Slab** | 59 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/arbutus-slab/](/fonts/arbutus-slab.md) |
| #8 | **GFS Didot** | 58 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/gfs-didot/](/fonts/gfs-didot.md) |
| #9 | **Libre Caslon Display** | 57 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/libre-caslon-display/](/fonts/libre-caslon-display.md) |
| #10 | **Ibarra Real Nova** | 56 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/ibarra-real-nova/](/fonts/ibarra-real-nova.md) |
| #11 | **Poltawski Nowy** | 56 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/poltawski-nowy/](/fonts/poltawski-nowy.md) |
| #12 | **Besley** | 56 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/besley/](/fonts/besley.md) |

## Other Scripts With Similar Latin Letters

- **Zen Antique Soft** (Jpan): Similarity 82, licence OFL-1.1 - [/fonts/zen-antique-soft/](/fonts/zen-antique-soft.md)
- **BJCree** (Cans): Similarity 69, licence OFL-1.1 - [/fonts/bjcree/](/fonts/bjcree.md)
- **Uchen** (Tibt): Similarity 67, 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-old-mincho.json](/api/fonts-like/zen-old-mincho.json).