Arima
Arima is a display font in 7 weights, also available as a variable font. Its lowercase letters are 3% narrower than the typical display font. Last updated 10 September 2025.
Editing a PDF that uses Arima
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 Arima from the widths stored in your PDF, loads the complete open font, and sets your new text in Arima itself. The rest of the page is carried over untouched.
Measured metrics
| Average lowercase letter width | 508.1 units per 1000 em |
|---|---|
| Average capital letter width | 597.4 units per 1000 em |
| Word space | 240 units per 1000 em |
| Digits | proportional (digit widths differ) |
| Spacing | proportional |
| Width of i compared with m | 30% |
| Printable ASCII characters covered | 94 of 94 |
| Category | Display |
Weights and styles
Languages beyond basic Latin
Open fonts closest to Arima
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.
- Arima Madurai Regularidentical letter widths (0.3 units)
- Anek Telugu Regularloosely similar widths (33.1 units)
- Anek Kannada Regularloosely similar widths (33.2 units)
- Anek Malayalam Regularloosely similar widths (33.2 units)
- Exo 2 Regularloosely similar widths (33.4 units)
- Anek Gurmukhi Regularloosely similar widths (33.4 units)
- Anek Tamil Regularloosely similar widths (33.4 units)
- Anek Devanagari Regularloosely similar widths (33.5 units)
Compare Arima
Questions people ask
+Can I edit a PDF that uses Arima?
Yes. Drop the PDF into MythosPDF and click the text. New letters are set in Arima itself, loaded from the open font, so the edit matches the rest of the page.
+Is Arima free to use?
Arima 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 Arima?
By measured letter widths, Arima Madurai is the closest match among open fonts (a mean difference of 0.3 units per 1000 em). Text set in one takes almost the same space in the other.
+Which languages does Arima support?
It includes these character sets: Greek, Greek Extended, Latin, Central European, Malayalam, Tamil, Vietnamese.
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