Bahianita
Bahianita is a display font in 1 weight. Its lowercase letters are 49% narrower than the typical display font. Last updated 10 September 2025.
Editing a PDF that uses Bahianita
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 Bahianita from the widths stored in your PDF, loads the complete open font, and sets your new text in Bahianita itself. The rest of the page is carried over untouched.
Measured metrics
| Average lowercase letter width | 265.9 units per 1000 em |
|---|---|
| Average capital letter width | 289.1 units per 1000 em |
| Word space | 148 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 | 40% |
| Printable ASCII characters covered | 94 of 94 |
| Category | Display |
Weights and styles
Languages beyond basic Latin
Open fonts closest to Bahianita
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.
- Bahiana Regularsimilar widths (19.7 units)
- Jomhuria Regularloosely similar widths (36.6 units)
- Big Shoulders Stencil Display Regularloosely similar widths (38.9 units)
- Big Shoulders Display Regularloosely similar widths (38.9 units)
- Karantina Regularloosely similar widths (40.8 units)
- Big Shoulders Inline Display Regularloosely similar widths (41.6 units)
- Wire One Regularloosely similar widths (43.6 units)
- Imbue Regularloosely similar widths (44.2 units)
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Questions people ask
+Can I edit a PDF that uses Bahianita?
Yes. Drop the PDF into MythosPDF and click the text. New letters are set in Bahianita itself, loaded from the open font, so the edit matches the rest of the page.
+Is Bahianita free to use?
Bahianita 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 Bahianita?
By measured letter widths, Bahiana 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 Bahianita support?
It includes these character sets: Latin, Central European, Vietnamese.
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