Cherry Swash
Cherry Swash is a display font in 2 weights. Its lowercase letters are 3% narrower than the typical display font. Last updated 16 September 2025.
Editing a PDF that uses Cherry Swash
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 Cherry Swash from the widths stored in your PDF, loads the complete open font, and sets your new text in Cherry Swash itself. The rest of the page is carried over untouched.
Measured metrics
| Average lowercase letter width | 510.6 units per 1000 em |
|---|---|
| Average capital letter width | 779.3 units per 1000 em |
| Word space | 310 units per 1000 em |
| Digits | proportional (digit widths differ) |
| Spacing | proportional |
| Width of i compared with m | 35% |
| Printable ASCII characters covered | 94 of 94 |
| Category | Display |
Weights and styles
Languages beyond basic Latin
Open fonts closest to Cherry Swash
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.
- Spectral SC Regularloosely similar widths (49.5 units)
- Spectral Regularloosely similar widths (49.5 units)
- Sansita Swashed Regularloosely similar widths (51.1 units)
- Cambo Regularloosely similar widths (54.6 units)
- Averia Serif Libre Regularloosely similar widths (56 units)
- Ibarra Real Nova Regularloosely similar widths (56 units)
- Piazzolla Regularloosely similar widths (56.5 units)
- Berkshire Swash Regularloosely similar widths (56.7 units)
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Questions people ask
+Can I edit a PDF that uses Cherry Swash?
Yes. Drop the PDF into MythosPDF and click the text. New letters are set in Cherry Swash itself, loaded from the open font, so the edit matches the rest of the page.
+Is Cherry Swash free to use?
Cherry Swash 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 Cherry Swash?
By measured letter widths, Spectral SC is the closest match among open fonts (a mean difference of 49.5 units per 1000 em). Text set in one takes almost the same space in the other.
+Which languages does Cherry Swash support?
It includes these character sets: Latin, Central European.
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