Brygada 1918
Brygada 1918 is a serif font in 4 weights with italics, also available as a variable font. Its lowercase letters are 3% wider than the typical serif font. Last updated 2 September 2025.
Editing a PDF that uses Brygada 1918
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 Brygada 1918 from the widths stored in your PDF, loads the complete open font, and sets your new text in Brygada 1918 itself. The rest of the page is carried over untouched.
Measured metrics
| Average lowercase letter width | 532.6 units per 1000 em |
|---|---|
| Average capital letter width | 678.8 units per 1000 em |
| Word space | 230 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 | Serif |
Weights and styles
Languages beyond basic Latin
Open fonts closest to Brygada 1918
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.
- Averia Serif Libre Regularloosely similar widths (31.2 units)
- Bitter Regularloosely similar widths (32.5 units)
- Bona Nova Regularloosely similar widths (33.6 units)
- Bona Nova SC Regularloosely similar widths (33.6 units)
- Frank Ruhl Libre Regularloosely similar widths (33.8 units)
- Vollkorn Regularloosely similar widths (33.9 units)
- Cambo Regularloosely similar widths (34.9 units)
- Source Serif Pro Regularloosely similar widths (34.9 units)
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Questions people ask
+Can I edit a PDF that uses Brygada 1918?
Yes. Drop the PDF into MythosPDF and click the text. New letters are set in Brygada 1918 itself, loaded from the open font, so the edit matches the rest of the page.
+Is Brygada 1918 free to use?
Brygada 1918 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 Brygada 1918?
By measured letter widths, Averia Serif Libre is the closest match among open fonts (a mean difference of 31.2 units per 1000 em). Text set in one takes almost the same space in the other.
+Which languages does Brygada 1918 support?
It includes these character sets: Cyrillic, Cyrillic Extended, Greek, Latin, Central European, Vietnamese.
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