Bigelow Rules
Bigelow Rules is a display font in 1 weight. Its lowercase letters are 49% narrower than the typical display font. Last updated 11 September 2025.
Editing a PDF that uses Bigelow Rules
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 Bigelow Rules from the widths stored in your PDF, loads the complete open font, and sets your new text in Bigelow Rules itself. The rest of the page is carried over untouched.
Measured metrics
| Average lowercase letter width | 266.9 units per 1000 em |
|---|---|
| Average capital letter width | 307.2 units per 1000 em |
| Word space | 200.2 units per 1000 em |
| Digits | proportional (digit widths differ) |
| Spacing | proportional |
| Width of i compared with m | 39% |
| Printable ASCII characters covered | 94 of 94 |
| Category | Display |
Weights and styles
Languages beyond basic Latin
Open fonts closest to Bigelow Rules
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.
- Wire One Regularloosely similar widths (34.8 units)
- Karantina Regularloosely similar widths (35.1 units)
- Chathura Regularloosely similar widths (36.9 units)
- Jomhuria Regularloosely similar widths (38.3 units)
- Big Shoulders Inline Display Regularloosely similar widths (39.4 units)
- Medula One Regularloosely similar widths (39.9 units)
- Big Shoulders Display Regularloosely similar widths (40.1 units)
- Big Shoulders Stencil Display Regularloosely similar widths (40.7 units)
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Questions people ask
+Can I edit a PDF that uses Bigelow Rules?
Yes. Drop the PDF into MythosPDF and click the text. New letters are set in Bigelow Rules itself, loaded from the open font, so the edit matches the rest of the page.
+Is Bigelow Rules free to use?
Bigelow Rules 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 Bigelow Rules?
By measured letter widths, Wire One is the closest match among open fonts (a mean difference of 34.8 units per 1000 em). Text set in one takes almost the same space in the other.
+Which languages does Bigelow Rules support?
It includes these character sets: Latin, Central European.
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