Aoboshi One
Aoboshi One is a serif font in 1 weight. Its lowercase letters are 4% wider than the typical serif font. Last updated 11 September 2025.
Editing a PDF that uses Aoboshi One
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 Aoboshi One from the widths stored in your PDF, loads the complete open font, and sets your new text in Aoboshi One itself. The rest of the page is carried over untouched.
Measured metrics
| Average lowercase letter width | 537.8 units per 1000 em |
|---|---|
| Average capital letter width | 724.2 units per 1000 em |
| Word space | 280 units per 1000 em |
| Digits | tabular (every digit is 650 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 Aoboshi One
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.
- Tsukimi Rounded Regularloosely similar widths (40.2 units)
- Golos Text Regularloosely similar widths (40.9 units)
- Onest Regularloosely similar widths (41.8 units)
- Finlandica Text Regularloosely similar widths (42.7 units)
- Metropolis Regularloosely similar widths (43.8 units)
- Amiko Regularloosely similar widths (44.2 units)
- Zalando Sans Regularloosely similar widths (44.2 units)
- Wix Madefor Text Regularloosely similar widths (44.7 units)
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Questions people ask
+Can I edit a PDF that uses Aoboshi One?
Yes. Drop the PDF into MythosPDF and click the text. New letters are set in Aoboshi One itself, loaded from the open font, so the edit matches the rest of the page.
+Is Aoboshi One free to use?
Aoboshi One 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 Aoboshi One?
By measured letter widths, Tsukimi Rounded is the closest match among open fonts (a mean difference of 40.2 units per 1000 em). Text set in one takes almost the same space in the other.
+Which languages does Aoboshi One support?
It includes these character sets: Japanese, Latin, Central European.
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