Faustina
Faustina is a serif font in 6 weights with italics, also available as a variable font. Its lowercase letters are 9% narrower than the typical serif font. Last updated 5 September 2025.
Editing a PDF that uses Faustina
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 Faustina from the widths stored in your PDF, loads the complete open font, and sets your new text in Faustina itself. The rest of the page is carried over untouched.
Measured metrics
| Average lowercase letter width | 472.8 units per 1000 em |
|---|---|
| Average capital letter width | 620.5 units per 1000 em |
| Word space | 201 units per 1000 em |
| Digits | proportional (digit widths differ) |
| Spacing | proportional |
| Width of i compared with m | 34% |
| Printable ASCII characters covered | 94 of 94 |
| Category | Serif |
Weights and styles
Languages beyond basic Latin
Open fonts closest to Faustina
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.
- Sahitya Regularsimilar widths (27.7 units)
- Alegreya Regularsimilar widths (28.6 units)
- Mate Regularloosely similar widths (33.5 units)
- Libre Caslon Condensed Regularloosely similar widths (34.1 units)
- Zilla Slab Highlight Regularloosely similar widths (34.6 units)
- Libertinus Sans Regularloosely similar widths (34.7 units)
- Fenix Regularloosely similar widths (34.7 units)
- Poly Regularloosely similar widths (35 units)
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Questions people ask
+Can I edit a PDF that uses Faustina?
Yes. Drop the PDF into MythosPDF and click the text. New letters are set in Faustina itself, loaded from the open font, so the edit matches the rest of the page.
+Is Faustina free to use?
Faustina 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 Faustina?
By measured letter widths, Sahitya is the closest match among open fonts (a mean difference of 27.7 units per 1000 em). Text set in one takes almost the same space in the other.
+Which languages does Faustina support?
It includes these character sets: Latin, Central European, Vietnamese.
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