Boogaloo
Boogaloo is a display font in 1 weight. Its lowercase letters are 28% narrower than the typical display font. Last updated 11 September 2025.
Editing a PDF that uses Boogaloo
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 Boogaloo from the widths stored in your PDF, loads the complete open font, and sets your new text in Boogaloo itself. The rest of the page is carried over untouched.
Measured metrics
| Average lowercase letter width | 376.1 units per 1000 em |
|---|---|
| Average capital letter width | 487 units per 1000 em |
| Word space | 242 units per 1000 em |
| Digits | tabular (every digit is 484 units wide, so columns of numbers line up) |
| Spacing | proportional |
| Width of i compared with m | 37% |
| Printable ASCII characters covered | 94 of 94 |
| Category | Display |
Weights and styles
Open fonts closest to Boogaloo
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.
- Abel Regularloosely similar widths (62.1 units)
- Teko Regularloosely similar widths (63.8 units)
- Mohave Regularloosely similar widths (64.1 units)
- Beiruti Regularloosely similar widths (65.2 units)
- Truculenta Regularloosely similar widths (65.3 units)
- Khand Regularloosely similar widths (65.8 units)
- Voltaire Regularloosely similar widths (66.7 units)
- Annapurna SIL Regularloosely similar widths (68.3 units)
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Questions people ask
+Can I edit a PDF that uses Boogaloo?
Yes. Drop the PDF into MythosPDF and click the text. New letters are set in Boogaloo itself, loaded from the open font, so the edit matches the rest of the page.
+Is Boogaloo free to use?
Boogaloo 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 Boogaloo?
By measured letter widths, Abel is the closest match among open fonts (a mean difference of 62.1 units per 1000 em). Text set in one takes almost the same space in the other.
+Which languages does Boogaloo support?
It includes these character sets: Latin.
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