Comic Relief
Comic Relief is a display font in 2 weights. Its lowercase letters are about as wide as the typical display font. Last updated 23 April 2025.
Editing a PDF that uses Comic Relief
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 Comic Relief from the widths stored in your PDF, loads the complete open font, and sets your new text in Comic Relief itself. The rest of the page is carried over untouched.
Measured metrics
| Average lowercase letter width | 520.3 units per 1000 em |
|---|---|
| Average capital letter width | 695.9 units per 1000 em |
| Word space | 298.8 units per 1000 em |
| Digits | proportional (digit widths differ) |
| Spacing | proportional |
| Width of i compared with m | 36% |
| Printable ASCII characters covered | 94 of 94 |
| Category | Display |
Weights and styles
Languages beyond basic Latin
Open fonts closest to Comic Relief
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.
- Sriracha Regularloosely similar widths (50 units)
- Mali Regularloosely similar widths (53.2 units)
- SUSE Regularloosely similar widths (53.6 units)
- Fugaz One Regularloosely similar widths (53.8 units)
- Scoutie Sans Regularloosely similar widths (55.8 units)
- Comme Regularloosely similar widths (56.2 units)
- K2D Regularloosely similar widths (56.3 units)
- Kanchenjunga Regularloosely similar widths (56.4 units)
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Questions people ask
+Can I edit a PDF that uses Comic Relief?
Yes. Drop the PDF into MythosPDF and click the text. New letters are set in Comic Relief itself, loaded from the open font, so the edit matches the rest of the page.
+Is Comic Relief free to use?
Comic Relief 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 Comic Relief?
By measured letter widths, Sriracha is the closest match among open fonts (a mean difference of 50 units per 1000 em). Text set in one takes almost the same space in the other.
+Which languages does Comic Relief support?
It includes these character sets: Cyrillic, Greek, Latin, Central European.
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