Charis SIL
Charis SIL is a serif font in 2 weights with italics. Its lowercase letters are 3% narrower than the typical serif font. Last updated 30 May 2025.
Editing a PDF that uses Charis SIL
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 Charis SIL from the widths stored in your PDF, loads the complete open font, and sets your new text in Charis SIL itself. The rest of the page is carried over untouched.
Measured metrics
| Average lowercase letter width | 500.6 units per 1000 em |
|---|---|
| Average capital letter width | 642.6 units per 1000 em |
| Word space | 293 units per 1000 em |
| Digits | tabular (every digit is 563 units wide, so columns of numbers line up) |
| Spacing | proportional |
| Width of i compared with m | 36% |
| Printable ASCII characters covered | 94 of 94 |
| Category | Serif |
Weights and styles
Languages beyond basic Latin
Open fonts closest to Charis SIL
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.
- Abyssinica SIL Regularloosely similar widths (39.1 units)
- Annapurna SIL Regularloosely similar widths (45.5 units)
- Kameron Regularloosely similar widths (47.7 units)
- Old Standard TT Regularloosely similar widths (49.4 units)
- Gowun Batang Regularloosely similar widths (50.2 units)
- Gugi Regularloosely similar widths (50.7 units)
- Sarabun Regularloosely similar widths (50.8 units)
- Averia Libre Regularloosely similar widths (51.8 units)
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Questions people ask
+Can I edit a PDF that uses Charis SIL?
Yes. Drop the PDF into MythosPDF and click the text. New letters are set in Charis SIL itself, loaded from the open font, so the edit matches the rest of the page.
+Is Charis SIL free to use?
Charis SIL 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 Charis SIL?
By measured letter widths, Abyssinica SIL is the closest match among open fonts (a mean difference of 39.1 units per 1000 em). Text set in one takes almost the same space in the other.
+Which languages does Charis SIL support?
It includes these character sets: Cyrillic, Cyrillic Extended, Latin, Central European, Vietnamese.
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