Antic Slab
Antic Slab is a serif font in 1 weight. Its lowercase letters are 5% wider than the typical serif font. Last updated 10 September 2025.
Editing a PDF that uses Antic Slab
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 Antic Slab from the widths stored in your PDF, loads the complete open font, and sets your new text in Antic Slab itself. The rest of the page is carried over untouched.
Measured metrics
| Average lowercase letter width | 541.5 units per 1000 em |
|---|---|
| Average capital letter width | 613.3 units per 1000 em |
| Word space | 299 units per 1000 em |
| Digits | proportional (digit widths differ) |
| Spacing | proportional |
| Width of i compared with m | 35% |
| Printable ASCII characters covered | 94 of 94 |
| Category | Serif |
Weights and styles
Open fonts closest to Antic Slab
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.
- Antic Didone Regularnearly identical widths (2.6 units)
- Antic Regularsimilar widths (29.3 units)
- Kdam Thmor Pro Regularloosely similar widths (53.6 units)
- Exo 2 Regularloosely similar widths (53.7 units)
- Murecho Regularloosely similar widths (54.1 units)
- Noto Serif Devanagari Regularloosely similar widths (54.4 units)
- Eczar Regularloosely similar widths (54.6 units)
- Salsa Regularloosely similar widths (54.8 units)
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Questions people ask
+Can I edit a PDF that uses Antic Slab?
Yes. Drop the PDF into MythosPDF and click the text. New letters are set in Antic Slab itself, loaded from the open font, so the edit matches the rest of the page.
+Is Antic Slab free to use?
Antic Slab 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 Antic Slab?
By measured letter widths, Antic Didone is the closest match among open fonts (a mean difference of 2.6 units per 1000 em). Text set in one takes almost the same space in the other.
+Which languages does Antic Slab support?
It includes these character sets: Latin.
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