Bellota Text
Bellota Text is a display font in 3 weights with italics. Its lowercase letters are 8% narrower than the typical display font. Last updated 5 September 2025.
Editing a PDF that uses Bellota Text
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 Bellota Text from the widths stored in your PDF, loads the complete open font, and sets your new text in Bellota Text itself. The rest of the page is carried over untouched.
Measured metrics
| Average lowercase letter width | 480.6 units per 1000 em |
|---|---|
| Average capital letter width | 645 units per 1000 em |
| Word space | 280 units per 1000 em |
| Digits | proportional (digit widths differ) |
| Spacing | proportional |
| Width of i compared with m | 27% |
| Printable ASCII characters covered | 94 of 94 |
| Category | Display |
Weights and styles
Languages beyond basic Latin
Open fonts closest to Bellota Text
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.
- Bellota Regularsimilar widths (18.7 units)
- Outfit Regularsimilar widths (29.7 units)
- Google Sans Flex Regularloosely similar widths (32 units)
- Averia Libre Regularloosely similar widths (32.3 units)
- Google Sans Regularloosely similar widths (33.2 units)
- Averia Gruesa Libre Regularloosely similar widths (33.4 units)
- Averia Sans Libre Regularloosely similar widths (34.4 units)
- Delius Regularloosely similar widths (34.8 units)
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Questions people ask
+Can I edit a PDF that uses Bellota Text?
Yes. Drop the PDF into MythosPDF and click the text. New letters are set in Bellota Text itself, loaded from the open font, so the edit matches the rest of the page.
+Is Bellota Text free to use?
Bellota Text 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 Bellota Text?
By measured letter widths, Bellota is the closest match among open fonts (a mean difference of 18.7 units per 1000 em). Text set in one takes almost the same space in the other.
+Which languages does Bellota Text support?
It includes these character sets: Cyrillic, Latin, Central European, Vietnamese.
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