Carter One
Carter One is a display font in 1 weight. Its lowercase letters are 7% wider than the typical display font. Last updated 10 September 2025.
Editing a PDF that uses Carter One
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 Carter One from the widths stored in your PDF, loads the complete open font, and sets your new text in Carter One itself. The rest of the page is carried over untouched.
Measured metrics
| Average lowercase letter width | 562 units per 1000 em |
|---|---|
| Average capital letter width | 645.8 units per 1000 em |
| Word space | 214.8 units per 1000 em |
| Digits | proportional (digit widths differ) |
| Spacing | proportional |
| Width of i compared with m | 31% |
| Printable ASCII characters covered | 94 of 94 |
| Category | Display |
Weights and styles
Open fonts closest to Carter One
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.
- Murecho Regularloosely similar widths (40.8 units)
- Expletus Sans Regularloosely similar widths (44.2 units)
- Noto Sans Gurmukhi Regularloosely similar widths (44.3 units)
- Tilt Warp Regularloosely similar widths (44.4 units)
- Briem Hand Regularloosely similar widths (44.6 units)
- Noto Sans Devanagari Regularloosely similar widths (44.6 units)
- National Park Regularloosely similar widths (44.8 units)
- Noto Sans Oriya Regularloosely similar widths (45.4 units)
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Questions people ask
+Can I edit a PDF that uses Carter One?
Yes. Drop the PDF into MythosPDF and click the text. New letters are set in Carter One itself, loaded from the open font, so the edit matches the rest of the page.
+Is Carter One free to use?
Carter One 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 Carter One?
By measured letter widths, Murecho is the closest match among open fonts (a mean difference of 40.8 units per 1000 em). Text set in one takes almost the same space in the other.
+Which languages does Carter One support?
It includes these character sets: Latin.
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