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Crimson Pro

Crimson Pro is a serif font in 8 weights with italics, also available as a variable font. Its lowercase letters are 11% narrower than the typical serif font. Last updated 11 September 2025.

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Editing a PDF that uses Crimson Pro

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 Crimson Pro from the widths stored in your PDF, loads the complete open font, and sets your new text in Crimson Pro itself. The rest of the page is carried over untouched.

Measured metrics

Average lowercase letter width459.8 units per 1000 em
Average capital letter width578 units per 1000 em
Word space187.5 units per 1000 em
Digitsproportional (digit widths differ)
Spacingproportional
Width of i compared with m33%
Printable ASCII characters covered94 of 94
CategorySerif

Weights and styles

Languages beyond basic Latin

Open fonts closest to Crimson Pro

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.

  1. Encode Sans Condensed Regularsimilar widths (25.8 units)
  2. Encode Sans Semi Condensed Regularsimilar widths (28.7 units)
  3. Stylish Regularloosely similar widths (30.9 units)
  4. Slabo 27px Regularloosely similar widths (31.2 units)
  5. Alegreya Sans Regularloosely similar widths (31.2 units)
  6. Sahitya Regularloosely similar widths (31.6 units)
  7. Hubballi Regularloosely similar widths (31.8 units)
  8. Abhaya Libre Regularloosely similar widths (32.1 units)

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Questions people ask

+Can I edit a PDF that uses Crimson Pro?

Yes. Drop the PDF into MythosPDF and click the text. New letters are set in Crimson Pro itself, loaded from the open font, so the edit matches the rest of the page.

+Is Crimson Pro free to use?

Crimson Pro 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 Crimson Pro?

By measured letter widths, Encode Sans Condensed is the closest match among open fonts (a mean difference of 25.8 units per 1000 em). Text set in one takes almost the same space in the other.

+Which languages does Crimson Pro support?

It includes these character sets: Latin, Central European, Vietnamese.

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