Arsenal
Arsenal is a sans serif font in 2 weights with italics. Its lowercase letters are 14% narrower than the typical sans serif font. Last updated 16 September 2025.
Editing a PDF that uses Arsenal
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 Arsenal from the widths stored in your PDF, loads the complete open font, and sets your new text in Arsenal itself. The rest of the page is carried over untouched.
Measured metrics
| Average lowercase letter width | 444.1 units per 1000 em |
|---|---|
| Average capital letter width | 561.2 units per 1000 em |
| Word space | 233 units per 1000 em |
| Digits | proportional (digit widths differ) |
| Spacing | proportional |
| Width of i compared with m | 31% |
| Printable ASCII characters covered | 94 of 94 |
| Category | Sans serif |
Weights and styles
Languages beyond basic Latin
Open fonts closest to Arsenal
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.
- Arsenal SC Regularidentical letter widths (0 units)
- Stylish Regularsimilar widths (28.4 units)
- Kreon Regularsimilar widths (28.5 units)
- Rambla Regularloosely similar widths (32.3 units)
- Reddit Sans Condensed Regularloosely similar widths (32.7 units)
- Alegreya Sans Regularloosely similar widths (34.4 units)
- Mukta Vaani Regularloosely similar widths (35.1 units)
- Mukta Regularloosely similar widths (35.1 units)
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Questions people ask
+Can I edit a PDF that uses Arsenal?
Yes. Drop the PDF into MythosPDF and click the text. New letters are set in Arsenal itself, loaded from the open font, so the edit matches the rest of the page.
+Is Arsenal free to use?
Arsenal 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 Arsenal?
By measured letter widths, Arsenal SC 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 Arsenal support?
It includes these character sets: Cyrillic, Cyrillic Extended, Latin, Central European, Vietnamese.
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