Blaka
Blaka is a display font in 1 weight. Its lowercase letters are 19% narrower than the typical display font. Last updated 16 September 2025.
Editing a PDF that uses Blaka
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 Blaka from the widths stored in your PDF, loads the complete open font, and sets your new text in Blaka itself. The rest of the page is carried over untouched.
Measured metrics
| Average lowercase letter width | 422.4 units per 1000 em |
|---|---|
| Average capital letter width | 490.4 units per 1000 em |
| Word space | 150 units per 1000 em |
| Digits | proportional (digit widths differ) |
| Spacing | proportional |
| Width of i compared with m | 36% |
| Printable ASCII characters covered | 94 of 94 |
| Category | Display |
Weights and styles
Languages beyond basic Latin
Open fonts closest to Blaka
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.
- Blaka Hollow Regularidentical letter widths (0.2 units)
- Blaka Ink Regularnearly identical widths (1.9 units)
- Barlow Condensed Regularloosely similar widths (34.9 units)
- Jersey 20 Charted Regularloosely similar widths (39.1 units)
- Jersey 20 Regularloosely similar widths (39.1 units)
- Teko Regularloosely similar widths (39.1 units)
- Jersey 25 Charted Regularloosely similar widths (39.4 units)
- Jersey 25 Regularloosely similar widths (39.4 units)
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Questions people ask
+Can I edit a PDF that uses Blaka?
Yes. Drop the PDF into MythosPDF and click the text. New letters are set in Blaka itself, loaded from the open font, so the edit matches the rest of the page.
+Is Blaka free to use?
Blaka 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 Blaka?
By measured letter widths, Blaka Hollow is the closest match among open fonts (a mean difference of 0.2 units per 1000 em). Text set in one takes almost the same space in the other.
+Which languages does Blaka support?
It includes these character sets: Arabic, Latin, Central European.
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