Aref Ruqaa
Aref Ruqaa is a serif font in 2 weights. Its lowercase letters are about as wide as the typical serif font. Last updated 11 September 2025.
Editing a PDF that uses Aref Ruqaa
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 Aref Ruqaa from the widths stored in your PDF, loads the complete open font, and sets your new text in Aref Ruqaa itself. The rest of the page is carried over untouched.
Measured metrics
| Average lowercase letter width | 505.7 units per 1000 em |
|---|---|
| Average capital letter width | 622.2 units per 1000 em |
| Word space | 146 units per 1000 em |
| Digits | tabular (every digit is 500 units wide, so columns of numbers line up) |
| Spacing | proportional |
| Width of i compared with m | 37% |
| Printable ASCII characters covered | 94 of 94 |
| Category | Serif |
Weights and styles
Languages beyond basic Latin
Open fonts closest to Aref Ruqaa
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.
- Aref Ruqaa Ink Regularidentical letter widths (0 units)
- STIX Two Math Regularloosely similar widths (46.7 units)
- STIX Two Text Regularloosely similar widths (47.4 units)
- Sura Regularloosely similar widths (49.8 units)
- Alyamama Regularloosely similar widths (50.4 units)
- Shanti Regularloosely similar widths (51.1 units)
- Hind Siliguri Regularloosely similar widths (52.3 units)
- Hind Regularloosely similar widths (52.5 units)
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Questions people ask
+Can I edit a PDF that uses Aref Ruqaa?
Yes. Drop the PDF into MythosPDF and click the text. New letters are set in Aref Ruqaa itself, loaded from the open font, so the edit matches the rest of the page.
+Is Aref Ruqaa free to use?
Aref Ruqaa 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 Aref Ruqaa?
By measured letter widths, Aref Ruqaa Ink 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 Aref Ruqaa support?
It includes these character sets: Arabic, Latin, Central European.
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