Bodoni Moda
Bodoni Moda is a serif font in 6 weights with italics, also available as a variable font. Its lowercase letters are 3% wider than the typical serif font. Last updated 16 September 2025.
Editing a PDF that uses Bodoni Moda
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 Bodoni Moda from the widths stored in your PDF, loads the complete open font, and sets your new text in Bodoni Moda itself. The rest of the page is carried over untouched.
Measured metrics
| Average lowercase letter width | 532.7 units per 1000 em |
|---|---|
| Average capital letter width | 695 units per 1000 em |
| Word space | 250 units per 1000 em |
| Digits | proportional (digit widths differ) |
| Spacing | proportional |
| Width of i compared with m | 35% |
| Printable ASCII characters covered | 94 of 94 |
| Category | Serif |
Weights and styles
Languages beyond basic Latin
Open fonts closest to Bodoni Moda
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.
- Bodoni Moda SC Regularidentical letter widths (0 units)
- Averia Serif Libre Regularloosely similar widths (36.3 units)
- Fraunces Regularloosely similar widths (37.2 units)
- Frank Ruhl Libre Regularloosely similar widths (38.7 units)
- Vollkorn Regularloosely similar widths (39.2 units)
- Abril Fatface Regularloosely similar widths (39.8 units)
- Hedvig Letters Serif Regularloosely similar widths (40.4 units)
- Ubuntu Sans Regularloosely similar widths (41.1 units)
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Questions people ask
+Can I edit a PDF that uses Bodoni Moda?
Yes. Drop the PDF into MythosPDF and click the text. New letters are set in Bodoni Moda itself, loaded from the open font, so the edit matches the rest of the page.
+Is Bodoni Moda free to use?
Bodoni Moda 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 Bodoni Moda?
By measured letter widths, Bodoni Moda SC 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 Bodoni Moda support?
It includes these character sets: Latin, Central European, Math symbols, Symbols.
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