Amaranth
Amaranth is a sans serif font in 2 weights with italics. Its lowercase letters are 7% narrower than the typical sans serif font. Last updated 5 September 2025.
Editing a PDF that uses Amaranth
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 Amaranth from the widths stored in your PDF, loads the complete open font, and sets your new text in Amaranth itself. The rest of the page is carried over untouched.
Measured metrics
| Average lowercase letter width | 484.3 units per 1000 em |
|---|---|
| Average capital letter width | 569.5 units per 1000 em |
| Word space | 255 units per 1000 em |
| Digits | proportional (digit widths differ) |
| Spacing | proportional |
| Width of i compared with m | 32% |
| Printable ASCII characters covered | 94 of 94 |
| Category | Sans serif |
Weights and styles
Open fonts closest to Amaranth
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.
- Averia Sans Libre Regularsimilar widths (27.7 units)
- Encode Sans Condensed Regularsimilar widths (29 units)
- Reddit Sans Condensed Regularloosely similar widths (30 units)
- Crimson Pro Regularloosely similar widths (30.4 units)
- Passion One Regularloosely similar widths (30.6 units)
- Rambla Regularloosely similar widths (30.9 units)
- Arsenal SC Regularloosely similar widths (31.3 units)
- Arsenal Regularloosely similar widths (31.3 units)
Compare Amaranth
Questions people ask
+Can I edit a PDF that uses Amaranth?
Yes. Drop the PDF into MythosPDF and click the text. New letters are set in Amaranth itself, loaded from the open font, so the edit matches the rest of the page.
+Is Amaranth free to use?
Amaranth 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 Amaranth?
By measured letter widths, Averia Sans Libre is the closest match among open fonts (a mean difference of 27.7 units per 1000 em). Text set in one takes almost the same space in the other.
+Which languages does Amaranth support?
It includes these character sets: Latin.
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