Biryani
Biryani is a sans serif font in 7 weights. Its lowercase letters are 8% wider than the typical sans serif font. Last updated 5 September 2025.
Editing a PDF that uses Biryani
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 Biryani from the widths stored in your PDF, loads the complete open font, and sets your new text in Biryani itself. The rest of the page is carried over untouched.
Measured metrics
| Average lowercase letter width | 561.9 units per 1000 em |
|---|---|
| Average capital letter width | 709.8 units per 1000 em |
| Word space | 220 units per 1000 em |
| Digits | tabular (every digit is 550 units wide, so columns of numbers line up) |
| Spacing | proportional |
| Width of i compared with m | 28% |
| Printable ASCII characters covered | 94 of 94 |
| Category | Sans serif |
Weights and styles
Languages beyond basic Latin
Open fonts closest to Biryani
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.
- Martel Sans Regularloosely similar widths (32.6 units)
- Encode Sans Semi Expanded Regularloosely similar widths (34.1 units)
- Roboto Serif Regularloosely similar widths (34.7 units)
- Encode Sans Regularloosely similar widths (34.8 units)
- Funnel Display Regularloosely similar widths (35.3 units)
- IBM Plex Serif Regularloosely similar widths (36.4 units)
- Gotu Regularloosely similar widths (36.6 units)
- Nebula Sans Regularloosely similar widths (37.9 units)
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Questions people ask
+Can I edit a PDF that uses Biryani?
Yes. Drop the PDF into MythosPDF and click the text. New letters are set in Biryani itself, loaded from the open font, so the edit matches the rest of the page.
+Is Biryani free to use?
Biryani 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 Biryani?
By measured letter widths, Martel Sans is the closest match among open fonts (a mean difference of 32.6 units per 1000 em). Text set in one takes almost the same space in the other.
+Which languages does Biryani support?
It includes these character sets: Devanagari, Latin, Central European.
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