BBH Hegarty
BBH Hegarty is a sans serif font in 1 weight. Its lowercase letters are 23% wider than the typical sans serif font. Last updated 10 December 2025.
Editing a PDF that uses BBH Hegarty
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 BBH Hegarty from the widths stored in your PDF, loads the complete open font, and sets your new text in BBH Hegarty itself. The rest of the page is carried over untouched.
Measured metrics
| Average lowercase letter width | 638.5 units per 1000 em |
|---|---|
| Average capital letter width | 814.4 units per 1000 em |
| Word space | 170 units per 1000 em |
| Digits | proportional (digit widths differ) |
| Spacing | proportional |
| Width of i compared with m | 32% |
| Printable ASCII characters covered | 94 of 94 |
| Category | Sans serif |
Weights and styles
Open fonts closest to BBH Hegarty
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.
- BBH Sans Hegarty Regularidentical letter widths (0 units)
- Days One Regularloosely similar widths (43.9 units)
- Prosto One Regularloosely similar widths (44.2 units)
- Goldman Regularloosely similar widths (47.2 units)
- Hepta Slab Regularloosely similar widths (49.9 units)
- LINE Seed JP Regularloosely similar widths (56.1 units)
- Zalando Sans SemiExpanded Regularloosely similar widths (56.4 units)
- Alfa Slab One Regularloosely similar widths (56.6 units)
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Questions people ask
+Can I edit a PDF that uses BBH Hegarty?
Yes. Drop the PDF into MythosPDF and click the text. New letters are set in BBH Hegarty itself, loaded from the open font, so the edit matches the rest of the page.
+Is BBH Hegarty free to use?
BBH Hegarty 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 BBH Hegarty?
By measured letter widths, BBH Sans Hegarty 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 BBH Hegarty support?
It includes these character sets: Latin.
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