Free alternatives to Comic Sans MS
Comic Sans MS 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. Comic Relief Regular has identical widths.
Closest open fonts to Comic Sans MS
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.
- Comic Relief Regularidentical letter widths (0 units)
- Comic Relief Boldsimilar widths (22.3 units)
- Sriracha Regularloosely similar widths (50 units)
- Mali SemiBoldloosely similar widths (53.2 units)
- SUSE ExtraBoldloosely similar widths (53.6 units)
- Fugaz One Regularloosely similar widths (53.8 units)
- Mali Mediumloosely similar widths (53.9 units)
- SUSE Boldloosely similar widths (54.4 units)
- Mali Boldloosely similar widths (55.2 units)
- Scoutie Sans Boldloosely similar widths (55.8 units)
Comic Sans MS measured
| Average lowercase letter width | 520.3 units per 1000 em |
|---|---|
| Average capital letter width | 695.9 units per 1000 em |
| Word space | 298.8 units per 1000 em |
| Digits | proportional (digit widths differ) |
| Spacing | proportional |
| Width of i compared with m | 36% |
| Printable ASCII characters covered | 94 of 94 |
Editing a PDF that uses Comic Sans MS
Most PDFs embed only the letters they already use. Type a new letter and many editors either refuse or swap in a different font. Comic Sans MS 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 Comic Sans MS?
By measured letter widths, Comic Relief Regular: identical letter widths (0 units per 1000 em). Identical widths mean a document keeps exactly the same line breaks.
+Can I edit a PDF that uses Comic Sans MS 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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