Crimson Text
Crimson Text is a serif font in 3 weights with italics. Its lowercase letters are 14% narrower than the typical serif font. Last updated 30 May 2025.
Editing a PDF that uses Crimson Text
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 Text from the widths stored in your PDF, loads the complete open font, and sets your new text in Crimson Text itself. The rest of the page is carried over untouched.
Measured metrics
| Average lowercase letter width | 444.6 units per 1000 em |
|---|---|
| Average capital letter width | 638.1 units per 1000 em |
| Word space | 223.6 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 | Serif |
Weights and styles
Languages beyond basic Latin
Open fonts closest to Crimson Text
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.
- Libertinus Serif Display Regularsimilar widths (27.6 units)
- EB Garamond Regularsimilar widths (29.7 units)
- Shafarik Regularsimilar widths (29.8 units)
- Libertinus Serif Regularloosely similar widths (30 units)
- Benne Regularloosely similar widths (32.4 units)
- Fenix Regularloosely similar widths (33.7 units)
- Amiri Quran Regularloosely similar widths (33.8 units)
- Amiri Regularloosely similar widths (33.8 units)
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Questions people ask
+Can I edit a PDF that uses Crimson Text?
Yes. Drop the PDF into MythosPDF and click the text. New letters are set in Crimson Text itself, loaded from the open font, so the edit matches the rest of the page.
+Is Crimson Text free to use?
Crimson Text 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 Text?
By measured letter widths, Libertinus Serif Display is the closest match among open fonts (a mean difference of 27.6 units per 1000 em). Text set in one takes almost the same space in the other.
+Which languages does Crimson Text support?
It includes these character sets: Latin, Central European, Vietnamese.
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