Copse
Copse is a serif font in 1 weight. Its lowercase letters are about as wide as the typical serif font. Last updated 8 September 2025.
Editing a PDF that uses Copse
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 Copse from the widths stored in your PDF, loads the complete open font, and sets your new text in Copse itself. The rest of the page is carried over untouched.
Measured metrics
| Average lowercase letter width | 524 units per 1000 em |
|---|---|
| Average capital letter width | 674.3 units per 1000 em |
| Word space | 214.8 units per 1000 em |
| Digits | tabular (every digit is 585.9 units wide, so columns of numbers line up) |
| Spacing | proportional |
| Width of i compared with m | 34% |
| Printable ASCII characters covered | 94 of 94 |
| Category | Serif |
Weights and styles
Open fonts closest to Copse
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.
- Averia Serif Libre Regularsimilar widths (27.3 units)
- Newsreader Regularsimilar widths (29.6 units)
- IBM Plex Serif Regularloosely similar widths (30 units)
- Vesper Libre Regularloosely similar widths (31.2 units)
- Frank Ruhl Libre Regularloosely similar widths (32.3 units)
- Wittgenstein Regularloosely similar widths (33.3 units)
- Source Serif Pro Regularloosely similar widths (33.4 units)
- Petrona Regularloosely similar widths (34.3 units)
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Questions people ask
+Can I edit a PDF that uses Copse?
Yes. Drop the PDF into MythosPDF and click the text. New letters are set in Copse itself, loaded from the open font, so the edit matches the rest of the page.
+Is Copse free to use?
Copse 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 Copse?
By measured letter widths, Averia Serif Libre is the closest match among open fonts (a mean difference of 27.3 units per 1000 em). Text set in one takes almost the same space in the other.
+Which languages does Copse support?
It includes these character sets: Latin.
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