ADLaM Display
ADLaM Display is a display font in 1 weight. Its lowercase letters are 4% wider than the typical display font. Last updated 30 May 2025.
Editing a PDF that uses ADLaM Display
Most PDFs embed only the letters they already use. Type a new letter and many editors either refuse or swap in a different font. MythosPDF recognises ADLaM Display from the widths stored in your PDF, loads the complete open font, and sets your new text in ADLaM Display itself. The rest of the page is carried over untouched.
Measured metrics
| Average lowercase letter width | 545.1 units per 1000 em |
|---|---|
| Average capital letter width | 660.1 units per 1000 em |
| Word space | 275.9 units per 1000 em |
| Digits | proportional (digit widths differ) |
| Spacing | proportional |
| Width of i compared with m | 31% |
| Printable ASCII characters covered | 94 of 94 |
| Category | Display |
Weights and styles
Languages beyond basic Latin
Open fonts closest to ADLaM Display
Measured on every printable character both fonts contain. A smaller difference means the same words take the same space, so lines break in the same places.
- Murecho Regularloosely similar widths (31.3 units)
- Figtree Regularloosely similar widths (32.5 units)
- Noto Sans Telugu Regularloosely similar widths (32.6 units)
- Noto Sans Oriya Regularloosely similar widths (33.7 units)
- Noto Sans Syriac Eastern Regularloosely similar widths (33.9 units)
- Noto Sans Syriac Regularloosely similar widths (34 units)
- Noto Sans Syriac Western Regularloosely similar widths (34 units)
- Noto Sans Tamil Regularloosely similar widths (34.1 units)
Compare ADLaM Display
Questions people ask
+Can I edit a PDF that uses ADLaM Display?
Yes. Drop the PDF into MythosPDF and click the text. New letters are set in ADLaM Display itself, loaded from the open font, so the edit matches the rest of the page.
+Is ADLaM Display free to use?
ADLaM Display is released under the SIL Open Font License 1.1, an open licence that allows free use in documents, including commercial ones. Check the licence text for your exact use.
+Which font is closest to ADLaM Display?
By measured letter widths, Murecho is the closest match among open fonts (a mean difference of 31.3 units per 1000 em). Text set in one takes almost the same space in the other.
+Which languages does ADLaM Display support?
It includes these character sets: Adlam, Latin, Central European.
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