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.
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 width | 445.4 units per 1000 em |
|---|---|
| Average capital letter width | 625.6 units per 1000 em |
| Word space | 292 units per 1000 em |
| Digits | tabular (every digit is 532 units wide, so columns of numbers line up) |
| Spacing | proportional |
| Width of i compared with m | 34% |
| Printable ASCII characters covered | 94 of 94 |
| Category | Serif |
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.
- Amiri Quran Regularidentical letter widths (0 units)
- Crimson Text Regularloosely similar widths (33.8 units)
- Ysabeau Office Regularloosely similar widths (37.2 units)
- Libertinus Sans Regularloosely similar widths (37.3 units)
- Libertinus Serif Display Regularloosely similar widths (38 units)
- Average Sans Regularloosely similar widths (38.1 units)
- Belleza Regularloosely similar widths (39 units)
- 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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