Dela Gothic One
Dela Gothic One is a display font in 1 weight. Its lowercase letters are 28% wider than the typical display font. Last updated 16 September 2025.
Editing a PDF that uses Dela Gothic One
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 Dela Gothic One from the widths stored in your PDF, loads the complete open font, and sets your new text in Dela Gothic One itself. The rest of the page is carried over untouched.
Measured metrics
| Average lowercase letter width | 669.8 units per 1000 em |
|---|---|
| Average capital letter width | 911.5 units per 1000 em |
| Word space | 200 units per 1000 em |
| Digits | proportional (digit widths differ) |
| Spacing | proportional |
| Width of i compared with m | 32% |
| Printable ASCII characters covered | 94 of 94 |
| Category | Display |
Weights and styles
Languages beyond basic Latin
Open fonts closest to Dela Gothic One
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.
- Special Gothic Expanded One Regularloosely similar widths (62.8 units)
- Science Gothic Regularloosely similar widths (65.5 units)
- Unbounded Regularloosely similar widths (65.8 units)
- Zen Dots Regularloosely similar widths (67.1 units)
- Bruno Ace Regularloosely similar widths (68.7 units)
- Zalando Sans Expanded Regularloosely similar widths (70.9 units)
- BBH Hegarty Regularloosely similar widths (72.9 units)
- BBH Sans Hegarty Regularloosely similar widths (72.9 units)
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Questions people ask
+Can I edit a PDF that uses Dela Gothic One?
Yes. Drop the PDF into MythosPDF and click the text. New letters are set in Dela Gothic One itself, loaded from the open font, so the edit matches the rest of the page.
+Is Dela Gothic One free to use?
Dela Gothic One 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 Dela Gothic One?
By measured letter widths, Special Gothic Expanded One is the closest match among open fonts (a mean difference of 62.8 units per 1000 em). Text set in one takes almost the same space in the other.
+Which languages does Dela Gothic One support?
It includes these character sets: Cyrillic, Greek, Japanese, Latin, Central European, Vietnamese.
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