Bricolage Grotesque
Bricolage Grotesque is a sans serif font in 7 weights, also available as a variable font. Its lowercase letters are 3% wider than the typical sans serif font. Last updated 11 September 2025.
Editing a PDF that uses Bricolage Grotesque
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 Bricolage Grotesque from the widths stored in your PDF, loads the complete open font, and sets your new text in Bricolage Grotesque itself. The rest of the page is carried over untouched.
Measured metrics
| Average lowercase letter width | 533.1 units per 1000 em |
|---|---|
| Average capital letter width | 637.4 units per 1000 em |
| Word space | 253 units per 1000 em |
| Digits | proportional (digit widths differ) |
| Spacing | proportional |
| Width of i compared with m | 28% |
| Printable ASCII characters covered | 94 of 94 |
| Category | Sans serif |
Weights and styles
Languages beyond basic Latin
Open fonts closest to Bricolage Grotesque
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.
- Public Sans Regularloosely similar widths (31.1 units)
- Saira Regularloosely similar widths (31.3 units)
- Saira Stencil Regularloosely similar widths (31.3 units)
- Libre Franklin Regularloosely similar widths (32.9 units)
- Stack Sans Notch Regularloosely similar widths (33.5 units)
- Stack Sans Headline Regularloosely similar widths (33.9 units)
- Radio Canada Big Regularloosely similar widths (35 units)
- Exo Regularloosely similar widths (35.2 units)
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Questions people ask
+Can I edit a PDF that uses Bricolage Grotesque?
Yes. Drop the PDF into MythosPDF and click the text. New letters are set in Bricolage Grotesque itself, loaded from the open font, so the edit matches the rest of the page.
+Is Bricolage Grotesque free to use?
Bricolage Grotesque 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 Bricolage Grotesque?
By measured letter widths, Public Sans is the closest match among open fonts (a mean difference of 31.1 units per 1000 em). Text set in one takes almost the same space in the other.
+Which languages does Bricolage Grotesque support?
It includes these character sets: Latin, Central European, Vietnamese.
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