Buda
Buda is a display font in 1 weight. Its lowercase letters are 20% narrower than the typical display font. Last updated 8 September 2025.
Editing a PDF that uses Buda
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 Buda from the widths stored in your PDF, loads the complete open font, and sets your new text in Buda itself. The rest of the page is carried over untouched.
Measured metrics
| Average lowercase letter width | 421.9 units per 1000 em |
|---|---|
| Average capital letter width | 637.6 units per 1000 em |
| Word space | 274.4 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 | Display |
Weights and styles
Open fonts closest to Buda
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.
- Libre Caslon Display Regularloosely similar widths (42.5 units)
- Kreon Regularloosely similar widths (46.8 units)
- Fanwood Text Regularloosely similar widths (47.4 units)
- Viaoda Libre Regularloosely similar widths (47.4 units)
- Fenix Regularloosely similar widths (48.1 units)
- Cormorant Infant Regularloosely similar widths (49.4 units)
- Rakkas Regularloosely similar widths (49.5 units)
- Macondo Regularloosely similar widths (49.5 units)
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Questions people ask
+Can I edit a PDF that uses Buda?
Yes. Drop the PDF into MythosPDF and click the text. New letters are set in Buda itself, loaded from the open font, so the edit matches the rest of the page.
+Is Buda free to use?
Buda 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 Buda?
By measured letter widths, Libre Caslon Display is the closest match among open fonts (a mean difference of 42.5 units per 1000 em). Text set in one takes almost the same space in the other.
+Which languages does Buda support?
It includes these character sets: Latin.
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