Cabin
Cabin is a sans serif font in 4 weights with italics, also available as a variable font. Its lowercase letters are 8% narrower than the typical sans serif font. Last updated 11 September 2025.
Editing a PDF that uses Cabin
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 Cabin from the widths stored in your PDF, loads the complete open font, and sets your new text in Cabin itself. The rest of the page is carried over untouched.
Measured metrics
| Average lowercase letter width | 476.7 units per 1000 em |
|---|---|
| Average capital letter width | 612.5 units per 1000 em |
| Word space | 225 units per 1000 em |
| Digits | proportional (digit widths differ) |
| Spacing | proportional |
| Width of i compared with m | 24% |
| Printable ASCII characters covered | 94 of 94 |
| Category | Sans serif |
Weights and styles
Languages beyond basic Latin
Open fonts closest to Cabin
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.
- Special Gothic Regularsimilar widths (28.8 units)
- Encode Sans Regularloosely similar widths (33.9 units)
- Quattrocento Sans Regularloosely similar widths (34.1 units)
- Cabin Sketch Regularloosely similar widths (35.1 units)
- Encode Sans Semi Condensed Regularloosely similar widths (35.1 units)
- SN Pro Regularloosely similar widths (36 units)
- Mako Regularloosely similar widths (36.3 units)
- Actor Regularloosely similar widths (36.4 units)
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Questions people ask
+Can I edit a PDF that uses Cabin?
Yes. Drop the PDF into MythosPDF and click the text. New letters are set in Cabin itself, loaded from the open font, so the edit matches the rest of the page.
+Is Cabin free to use?
Cabin 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 Cabin?
By measured letter widths, Special Gothic is the closest match among open fonts (a mean difference of 28.8 units per 1000 em). Text set in one takes almost the same space in the other.
+Which languages does Cabin support?
It includes these character sets: Latin, Central European, Vietnamese.
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