Free alternatives to Arial Black
Arial Black is not an open font. These open fonts come closest by measured letter widths, the property that decides whether text keeps its line breaks when the font is swapped. Archivo Black Regular has identical widths.
Closest open fonts to Arial Black
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.
- Archivo Black Regularidentical letter widths (0.1 units)
- Archivo Blackvery close widths (9.3 units)
- Archivo ExtraBoldloosely similar widths (38.5 units)
- Reggae One Regularloosely similar widths (38.5 units)
- Train One Regularloosely similar widths (38.6 units)
- Gasoek One Regularloosely similar widths (44.2 units)
- Montagu Slab Boldloosely similar widths (45.1 units)
- Fahkwang SemiBoldloosely similar widths (45.8 units)
- Montserrat Blackloosely similar widths (46.1 units)
- Montserrat Underline Blackloosely similar widths (46.2 units)
Arial Black measured
| Average lowercase letter width | 613.3 units per 1000 em |
|---|---|
| Average capital letter width | 769.2 units per 1000 em |
| Word space | 333.5 units per 1000 em |
| Digits | tabular (every digit is 667 units wide, so columns of numbers line up) |
| Spacing | proportional |
| Width of i compared with m | 33% |
| Printable ASCII characters covered | 94 of 94 |
Editing a PDF that uses Arial Black
Most PDFs embed only the letters they already use. Type a new letter and many editors either refuse or swap in a different font. Arial Black is not freely available, so MythosPDF first uses every letter already embedded in your PDF. If a new letter is missing, it asks before using the closest open font listed here, and tells you which one it used.
Questions people ask
+What is the best free alternative to Arial Black?
By measured letter widths, Archivo Black Regular: identical letter widths (0.1 units per 1000 em). Identical widths mean a document keeps exactly the same line breaks.
+Can I edit a PDF that uses Arial Black without having it installed?
Yes. Where a PDF lacks a letter, MythosPDF can use a font with identical widths, so the layout does not move, and it tells you it did.
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