Bahiana
Bahiana is a display font in 1 weight. Its lowercase letters are 41% narrower than the typical display font. Last updated 16 September 2025.
Editing a PDF that uses Bahiana
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 Bahiana from the widths stored in your PDF, loads the complete open font, and sets your new text in Bahiana itself. The rest of the page is carried over untouched.
Measured metrics
| Average lowercase letter width | 310.8 units per 1000 em |
|---|---|
| Average capital letter width | 304 units per 1000 em |
| Word space | 178 units per 1000 em |
| Digits | tabular (every digit is 339 units wide, so columns of numbers line up) |
| Spacing | proportional |
| Width of i compared with m | 44% |
| Printable ASCII characters covered | 94 of 94 |
| Category | Display |
Weights and styles
Languages beyond basic Latin
Open fonts closest to Bahiana
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.
- Bahianita Regularsimilar widths (19.7 units)
- Big Shoulders Display Regularloosely similar widths (43.3 units)
- Big Shoulders Stencil Display Regularloosely similar widths (43.7 units)
- Jomhuria Regularloosely similar widths (44.8 units)
- Big Shoulders Inline Display Regularloosely similar widths (44.9 units)
- Big Shoulders Stencil Regularloosely similar widths (46.2 units)
- Big Shoulders Regularloosely similar widths (46.7 units)
- Big Shoulders Stencil Text Regularloosely similar widths (47.4 units)
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Questions people ask
+Can I edit a PDF that uses Bahiana?
Yes. Drop the PDF into MythosPDF and click the text. New letters are set in Bahiana itself, loaded from the open font, so the edit matches the rest of the page.
+Is Bahiana free to use?
Bahiana 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 Bahiana?
By measured letter widths, Bahianita is the closest match among open fonts (a mean difference of 19.7 units per 1000 em). Text set in one takes almost the same space in the other.
+Which languages does Bahiana support?
It includes these character sets: Latin, Central European.
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