Bowlby One
Bowlby One is a display font in 1 weight. Its lowercase letters are 34% wider than the typical display font. Last updated 2 September 2025.
Editing a PDF that uses Bowlby One
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 Bowlby One from the widths stored in your PDF, loads the complete open font, and sets your new text in Bowlby One itself. The rest of the page is carried over untouched.
Measured metrics
| Average lowercase letter width | 704.2 units per 1000 em |
|---|---|
| Average capital letter width | 758.2 units per 1000 em |
| Word space | 349.6 units per 1000 em |
| Digits | proportional (digit widths differ) |
| Spacing | proportional |
| Width of i compared with m | 34% |
| Printable ASCII characters covered | 94 of 94 |
| Category | Display |
Weights and styles
Open fonts closest to Bowlby One
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.
- Bowlby One SC Regularsimilar widths (22.4 units)
- Pathway Extreme Regularloosely similar widths (51.8 units)
- Gasoek One Regularloosely similar widths (55.3 units)
- Lemon Regularloosely similar widths (58.3 units)
- Valley Sans Regularloosely similar widths (59.1 units)
- Archivo Black Regularloosely similar widths (60.1 units)
- Hepta Slab Regularloosely similar widths (62 units)
- Lemonada Regularloosely similar widths (62.9 units)
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Questions people ask
+Can I edit a PDF that uses Bowlby One?
Yes. Drop the PDF into MythosPDF and click the text. New letters are set in Bowlby One itself, loaded from the open font, so the edit matches the rest of the page.
+Is Bowlby One free to use?
Bowlby One 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 Bowlby One?
By measured letter widths, Bowlby One SC is the closest match among open fonts (a mean difference of 22.4 units per 1000 em). Text set in one takes almost the same space in the other.
+Which languages does Bowlby One support?
It includes these character sets: Latin.
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