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Amiri

Amiri is a serif font in 2 weights with italics. Its lowercase letters are 14% narrower than the typical serif font. Last updated 26 August 2025.

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Amiri Regular
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Editing a PDF that uses Amiri

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 Amiri from the widths stored in your PDF, loads the complete open font, and sets your new text in Amiri itself. The rest of the page is carried over untouched.

Measured metrics

Average lowercase letter width445.4 units per 1000 em
Average capital letter width625.6 units per 1000 em
Word space292 units per 1000 em
Digitstabular (every digit is 532 units wide, so columns of numbers line up)
Spacingproportional
Width of i compared with m34%
Printable ASCII characters covered94 of 94
CategorySerif

Weights and styles

Languages beyond basic Latin

Open fonts closest to Amiri

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. Amiri Quran Regularidentical letter widths (0 units)
  2. Crimson Text Regularloosely similar widths (33.8 units)
  3. Ysabeau Office Regularloosely similar widths (37.2 units)
  4. Libertinus Sans Regularloosely similar widths (37.3 units)
  5. Libertinus Serif Display Regularloosely similar widths (38 units)
  6. Average Sans Regularloosely similar widths (38.1 units)
  7. Belleza Regularloosely similar widths (39 units)
  8. Libertinus Serif Regularloosely similar widths (39.9 units)

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Questions people ask

+Can I edit a PDF that uses Amiri?

Yes. Drop the PDF into MythosPDF and click the text. New letters are set in Amiri itself, loaded from the open font, so the edit matches the rest of the page.

+Is Amiri free to use?

Amiri 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 Amiri?

By measured letter widths, Amiri Quran is the closest match among open fonts (a mean difference of 0 units per 1000 em). Text set in one takes almost the same space in the other.

+Which languages does Amiri support?

It includes these character sets: Arabic, Latin, Central European.

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