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Free alternatives to Palatino

Palatino 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.

Closest open fonts to Palatino

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.

  1. Caudex Boldloosely similar widths (37.8 units)
  2. Averia Serif Libre Lightloosely similar widths (37.9 units)
  3. Caudex Regularloosely similar widths (38 units)
  4. STIX Two Text Mediumloosely similar widths (38.1 units)
  5. Averia Serif Libre Regularloosely similar widths (38.8 units)
  6. STIX Two Text SemiBoldloosely similar widths (39.9 units)
  7. BJCree Mediumloosely similar widths (40.3 units)
  8. BJ Cree Mediumloosely similar widths (40.3 units)
  9. Literata ExtraLightloosely similar widths (40.4 units)
  10. Literata Lightloosely similar widths (40.6 units)

Palatino measured

Average lowercase letter width512.4 units per 1000 em
Average capital letter width688.5 units per 1000 em
Word space250 units per 1000 em
Digitstabular (every digit is 500 units wide, so columns of numbers line up)
Spacingproportional
Width of i compared with m33%
Printable ASCII characters covered94 of 94
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Editing a PDF that uses Palatino

Most PDFs embed only the letters they already use. Type a new letter and many editors either refuse or swap in a different font. Palatino 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 Palatino?

By measured letter widths, Caudex Bold: loosely similar widths (37.8 units per 1000 em).

+Can I edit a PDF that uses Palatino without having it installed?

Yes. MythosPDF first uses the letters already embedded in the PDF. For a missing letter it asks before using the closest open font.

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