Alkatra
Alkatra is a display font in 4 weights, also available as a variable font. Its lowercase letters are 10% narrower than the typical display font. Last updated 8 September 2025.
Editing a PDF that uses Alkatra
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 Alkatra from the widths stored in your PDF, loads the complete open font, and sets your new text in Alkatra itself. The rest of the page is carried over untouched.
Measured metrics
| Average lowercase letter width | 472.3 units per 1000 em |
|---|---|
| Average capital letter width | 587.5 units per 1000 em |
| Word space | 245 units per 1000 em |
| Digits | tabular (every digit is 580 units wide, so columns of numbers line up) |
| Spacing | proportional |
| Width of i compared with m | 28% |
| Printable ASCII characters covered | 94 of 94 |
| Category | Display |
Weights and styles
Languages beyond basic Latin
Open fonts closest to Alkatra
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.
- Cairo Play Regularloosely similar widths (34.5 units)
- Cairo Regularloosely similar widths (34.5 units)
- Sunflower Lightloosely similar widths (34.5 units)
- Titillium Web Regularloosely similar widths (34.5 units)
- Murecho Regularloosely similar widths (34.6 units)
- Familjen Grotesk Regularloosely similar widths (36.1 units)
- Ancizar Sans Regularloosely similar widths (37.2 units)
- Average Sans Regularloosely similar widths (37.5 units)
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Questions people ask
+Can I edit a PDF that uses Alkatra?
Yes. Drop the PDF into MythosPDF and click the text. New letters are set in Alkatra itself, loaded from the open font, so the edit matches the rest of the page.
+Is Alkatra free to use?
Alkatra 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 Alkatra?
By measured letter widths, Cairo Play is the closest match among open fonts (a mean difference of 34.5 units per 1000 em). Text set in one takes almost the same space in the other.
+Which languages does Alkatra support?
It includes these character sets: Bengali, Devanagari, Latin, Central European, Odia.
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