Free alternatives to Times New Roman
Times New Roman 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. Tinos Regular has identical widths.
Closest open fonts to Times New Roman
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.
- Tinos Regularidentical letter widths (0 units)
- Belleza Regularsimilar widths (24.5 units)
- Tinos Boldsimilar widths (29.2 units)
- Tai Heritage Pro Regularloosely similar widths (31 units)
- Libertinus Serif SemiBoldloosely similar widths (35.3 units)
- STIX Two Text Regularloosely similar widths (36.7 units)
- Source Serif Pro Regularloosely similar widths (36.8 units)
- Gulzar Regularloosely similar widths (37.8 units)
- Cactus Classical Serif Regularloosely similar widths (37.9 units)
- Libertinus Serif Regularloosely similar widths (38.2 units)
Times New Roman measured
| Average lowercase letter width | 459.3 units per 1000 em |
|---|---|
| Average capital letter width | 666.7 units per 1000 em |
| Word space | 250 units per 1000 em |
| Digits | tabular (every digit is 500 units wide, so columns of numbers line up) |
| Spacing | proportional |
| Width of i compared with m | 36% |
| Printable ASCII characters covered | 94 of 94 |
Editing a PDF that uses Times New Roman
Most PDFs embed only the letters they already use. Type a new letter and many editors either refuse or swap in a different font. Times New Roman 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 Times New Roman?
By measured letter widths, Tinos 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 Times New Roman 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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