Carlito
Carlito is a sans serif font in 2 weights with italics. Its lowercase letters are 12% narrower than the typical sans serif font. Last updated 8 September 2025.
Editing a PDF that uses Carlito
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 Carlito from the widths stored in your PDF, loads the complete open font, and sets your new text in Carlito itself. The rest of the page is carried over untouched.
Measured metrics
| Average lowercase letter width | 455.9 units per 1000 em |
|---|---|
| Average capital letter width | 553.8 units per 1000 em |
| Word space | 226.1 units per 1000 em |
| Digits | tabular (every digit is 506.8 units wide, so columns of numbers line up) |
| Spacing | proportional |
| Width of i compared with m | 29% |
| Printable ASCII characters covered | 94 of 94 |
| Category | Sans serif |
Weights and styles
Languages beyond basic Latin
Open fonts closest to Carlito
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.
- Mada Regularsimilar widths (29.9 units)
- Source Sans Pro Regularsimilar widths (29.9 units)
- Source Sans 3 Regularsimilar widths (29.9 units)
- Varta Regularloosely similar widths (30 units)
- Magra Regularloosely similar widths (30.2 units)
- Fira Sans Condensed Regularloosely similar widths (30.3 units)
- Assistant Regularloosely similar widths (30.5 units)
- Mukta Vaani Regularloosely similar widths (31.9 units)
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Questions people ask
+Can I edit a PDF that uses Carlito?
Yes. Drop the PDF into MythosPDF and click the text. New letters are set in Carlito itself, loaded from the open font, so the edit matches the rest of the page.
+Is Carlito free to use?
Carlito 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 Carlito?
By measured letter widths, Mada is the closest match among open fonts (a mean difference of 29.9 units per 1000 em). Text set in one takes almost the same space in the other.
+Which languages does Carlito support?
It includes these character sets: Cyrillic, Cyrillic Extended, Greek, Greek Extended, Latin, Central European, Vietnamese.
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