Bacasime Antique
Bacasime Antique is a serif font in 1 weight. Its lowercase letters are 15% narrower than the typical serif font. Last updated 30 May 2025.
Editing a PDF that uses Bacasime Antique
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 Bacasime Antique from the widths stored in your PDF, loads the complete open font, and sets your new text in Bacasime Antique itself. The rest of the page is carried over untouched.
Measured metrics
| Average lowercase letter width | 437.4 units per 1000 em |
|---|---|
| Average capital letter width | 681.8 units per 1000 em |
| Word space | 250 units per 1000 em |
| Digits | tabular (every digit is 491.7 units wide, so columns of numbers line up) |
| Spacing | proportional |
| Width of i compared with m | 30% |
| Printable ASCII characters covered | 94 of 94 |
| Category | Serif |
Weights and styles
Languages beyond basic Latin
Open fonts closest to Bacasime Antique
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.
- Fanwood Text Regularloosely similar widths (34.1 units)
- Spectral Regularloosely similar widths (39.1 units)
- Spectral SC Regularloosely similar widths (39.1 units)
- EB Garamond Regularloosely similar widths (39.8 units)
- Shafarik Regularloosely similar widths (42.5 units)
- Newsreader Regularloosely similar widths (42.9 units)
- Average Regularloosely similar widths (43.3 units)
- Martel Sans Regularloosely similar widths (43.3 units)
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Questions people ask
+Can I edit a PDF that uses Bacasime Antique?
Yes. Drop the PDF into MythosPDF and click the text. New letters are set in Bacasime Antique itself, loaded from the open font, so the edit matches the rest of the page.
+Is Bacasime Antique free to use?
Bacasime Antique 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 Bacasime Antique?
By measured letter widths, Fanwood Text is the closest match among open fonts (a mean difference of 34.1 units per 1000 em). Text set in one takes almost the same space in the other.
+Which languages does Bacasime Antique support?
It includes these character sets: Latin, Central European.
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