Archivo Narrow
Archivo Narrow is a sans serif font in 4 weights with italics, also available as a variable font. Its lowercase letters are 22% narrower than the typical sans serif font. Last updated 11 September 2025.
Editing a PDF that uses Archivo Narrow
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 Archivo Narrow from the widths stored in your PDF, loads the complete open font, and sets your new text in Archivo Narrow itself. The rest of the page is carried over untouched.
Measured metrics
| Average lowercase letter width | 403.2 units per 1000 em |
|---|---|
| Average capital letter width | 555.5 units per 1000 em |
| Word space | 228 units per 1000 em |
| Digits | tabular (every digit is 456 units wide, so columns of numbers line up) |
| Spacing | proportional |
| Width of i compared with m | 33% |
| Printable ASCII characters covered | 94 of 94 |
| Category | Sans serif |
Weights and styles
Languages beyond basic Latin
Open fonts closest to Archivo Narrow
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.
- Pragati Narrow Regularloosely similar widths (30.7 units)
- Jaldi Regularloosely similar widths (32.8 units)
- Roboto Condensed Regularloosely similar widths (33.9 units)
- NTR Regularloosely similar widths (35.2 units)
- Stylish Regularloosely similar widths (37.5 units)
- Arapey Regularloosely similar widths (38.4 units)
- Reddit Sans Condensed Regularloosely similar widths (40.2 units)
- Source Sans Pro Regularloosely similar widths (40.4 units)
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Questions people ask
+Can I edit a PDF that uses Archivo Narrow?
Yes. Drop the PDF into MythosPDF and click the text. New letters are set in Archivo Narrow itself, loaded from the open font, so the edit matches the rest of the page.
+Is Archivo Narrow free to use?
Archivo Narrow 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 Archivo Narrow?
By measured letter widths, Pragati Narrow is the closest match among open fonts (a mean difference of 30.7 units per 1000 em). Text set in one takes almost the same space in the other.
+Which languages does Archivo Narrow support?
It includes these character sets: Latin, Central European, Vietnamese.
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