Beiruti
Beiruti is a sans serif font in 8 weights, also available as a variable font. Its lowercase letters are 25% narrower than the typical sans serif font. Last updated 10 September 2025.
Editing a PDF that uses Beiruti
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 Beiruti from the widths stored in your PDF, loads the complete open font, and sets your new text in Beiruti itself. The rest of the page is carried over untouched.
Measured metrics
| Average lowercase letter width | 391 units per 1000 em |
|---|---|
| Average capital letter width | 480.8 units per 1000 em |
| Word space | 128 units per 1000 em |
| Digits | tabular (every digit is 480 units wide, so columns of numbers line up) |
| 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 Beiruti
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.
- PT Sans Narrow Regularsimilar widths (28.5 units)
- Saira Condensed Regularsimilar widths (29.7 units)
- Cossette Titre Regularsimilar widths (29.9 units)
- Gemunu Libre Regularloosely similar widths (31 units)
- Sofia Sans Condensed Regularloosely similar widths (32.6 units)
- Oswald Regularloosely similar widths (33.5 units)
- Ubuntu Condensed Regularloosely similar widths (35.9 units)
- Asap Condensed Regularloosely similar widths (36 units)
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Questions people ask
+Can I edit a PDF that uses Beiruti?
Yes. Drop the PDF into MythosPDF and click the text. New letters are set in Beiruti itself, loaded from the open font, so the edit matches the rest of the page.
+Is Beiruti free to use?
Beiruti 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 Beiruti?
By measured letter widths, PT Sans Narrow is the closest match among open fonts (a mean difference of 28.5 units per 1000 em). Text set in one takes almost the same space in the other.
+Which languages does Beiruti support?
It includes these character sets: Arabic, Latin, Central European, Vietnamese.
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