DM Serif Display
DM Serif Display is a serif font in 1 weight with italics. Its lowercase letters are about as wide as the typical serif font. Last updated 11 September 2025.
Editing a PDF that uses DM Serif Display
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 DM Serif Display from the widths stored in your PDF, loads the complete open font, and sets your new text in DM Serif Display itself. The rest of the page is carried over untouched.
Measured metrics
| Average lowercase letter width | 514.6 units per 1000 em |
|---|---|
| Average capital letter width | 613.5 units per 1000 em |
| Word space | 218 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 | Serif |
Weights and styles
Languages beyond basic Latin
Open fonts closest to DM Serif Display
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.
- DM Serif Text Regularnearly identical widths (3.1 units)
- Song Myung Regularsimilar widths (20 units)
- Source Serif Pro Regularsimilar widths (22.3 units)
- Source Sans 3 Regularsimilar widths (23.3 units)
- Mada Regularsimilar widths (23.3 units)
- Source Sans Pro Regularsimilar widths (23.4 units)
- Tirra Regularsimilar widths (24 units)
- Akatab Regularsimilar widths (24 units)
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Questions people ask
+Can I edit a PDF that uses DM Serif Display?
Yes. Drop the PDF into MythosPDF and click the text. New letters are set in DM Serif Display itself, loaded from the open font, so the edit matches the rest of the page.
+Is DM Serif Display free to use?
DM Serif Display 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 DM Serif Display?
By measured letter widths, DM Serif Text is the closest match among open fonts (a mean difference of 3.1 units per 1000 em). Text set in one takes almost the same space in the other.
+Which languages does DM Serif Display support?
It includes these character sets: Latin, Central European.
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