Bitcount
Bitcount is a display font in 9 weights, also available as a variable font. Its lowercase letters are 14% wider than the typical display font. Last updated 16 September 2025.
Editing a PDF that uses Bitcount
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 Bitcount from the widths stored in your PDF, loads the complete open font, and sets your new text in Bitcount itself. The rest of the page is carried over untouched.
Measured metrics
| Average lowercase letter width | 600 units per 1000 em |
|---|---|
| Average capital letter width | 600 units per 1000 em |
| Word space | 600 units per 1000 em |
| Digits | tabular (every digit is 600 units wide, so columns of numbers line up) |
| Spacing | monospaced |
| Width of i compared with m | 100% |
| Printable ASCII characters covered | 94 of 94 |
| Category | Display |
Weights and styles
Languages beyond basic Latin
Open fonts closest to Bitcount
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.
- Maple Mono Regularidentical letter widths (0 units)
- Geist Mono Regularidentical letter widths (0 units)
- Google Sans Code Regularidentical letter widths (0 units)
- Hibur Mono Regularidentical letter widths (0 units)
- IBM Plex Mono Regularidentical letter widths (0 units)
- JetBrains Mono Regularidentical letter widths (0 units)
- Doto Regularidentical letter widths (0 units)
- Fira Code Regularidentical letter widths (0 units)
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Questions people ask
+Can I edit a PDF that uses Bitcount?
Yes. Drop the PDF into MythosPDF and click the text. New letters are set in Bitcount itself, loaded from the open font, so the edit matches the rest of the page.
+Is Bitcount free to use?
Bitcount 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 Bitcount?
By measured letter widths, Maple Mono 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 Bitcount support?
It includes these character sets: Latin, Central European.
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