Afacad
Afacad is a sans serif font in 4 weights with italics, also available as a variable font. Its lowercase letters are 14% narrower than the typical sans serif font. Last updated 5 September 2025.
Editing a PDF that uses Afacad
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 Afacad from the widths stored in your PDF, loads the complete open font, and sets your new text in Afacad itself. The rest of the page is carried over untouched.
Measured metrics
| Average lowercase letter width | 446.6 units per 1000 em |
|---|---|
| Average capital letter width | 552.9 units per 1000 em |
| Word space | 208.3 units per 1000 em |
| Digits | tabular (every digit is 520.8 units wide, so columns of numbers line up) |
| Spacing | proportional |
| Width of i compared with m | 27% |
| Printable ASCII characters covered | 94 of 94 |
| Category | Sans serif |
Weights and styles
Languages beyond basic Latin
Open fonts closest to Afacad
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.
- Afacad Flux Regularidentical letter widths (0 units)
- Galdeano Regularloosely similar widths (32.9 units)
- Carlito Regularloosely similar widths (34.9 units)
- Overlock Regularloosely similar widths (35.8 units)
- Strait Regularloosely similar widths (37.1 units)
- IBM Plex Sans Condensed Regularloosely similar widths (37.3 units)
- Crimson Pro Regularloosely similar widths (38.7 units)
- Ancizar Sans Regularloosely similar widths (39.5 units)
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Questions people ask
+Can I edit a PDF that uses Afacad?
Yes. Drop the PDF into MythosPDF and click the text. New letters are set in Afacad itself, loaded from the open font, so the edit matches the rest of the page.
+Is Afacad free to use?
Afacad 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 Afacad?
By measured letter widths, Afacad Flux is the closest match among open fonts (a mean difference of 0 units per 1000 em). Text set in one takes almost the same space in the other.
+Which languages does Afacad support?
It includes these character sets: Cyrillic Extended, Latin, Central European, Math symbols, Symbols, Vietnamese.
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