Finlandica Headline
Finlandica Headline is a sans serif font in 9 weights with italics, also available as a variable font. Its lowercase letters are 12% narrower than the typical sans serif font. Last updated 13 May 2026.
Editing a PDF that uses Finlandica Headline
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 Finlandica Headline from the widths stored in your PDF, loads the complete open font, and sets your new text in Finlandica Headline itself. The rest of the page is carried over untouched.
Measured metrics
| Average lowercase letter width | 459 units per 1000 em |
|---|---|
| Average capital letter width | 549 units per 1000 em |
| Word space | 262 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 | Sans serif |
Weights and styles
- Finlandica Headline Thin Italic
- Finlandica Headline Thin
- Finlandica Headline ExtraLight Italic
- Finlandica Headline ExtraLight
- Finlandica Headline Light Italic
- Finlandica Headline Light
- Finlandica Headline Italic
- Finlandica Headline Regular
- Finlandica Headline Medium Italic
- Finlandica Headline Medium
- Finlandica Headline SemiBold Italic
- Finlandica Headline SemiBold
- Finlandica Headline Bold Italic
- Finlandica Headline Bold
- Finlandica Headline ExtraBold Italic
- Finlandica Headline ExtraBold
- Finlandica Headline Black Italic
- Finlandica Headline Black
Languages beyond basic Latin
Open fonts closest to Finlandica Headline
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.
- Finlandica Regularvery close widths (10.9 units)
- Gidole Regularloosely similar widths (37 units)
- Athiti Regularloosely similar widths (37.3 units)
- IBM Plex Sans Condensed Regularloosely similar widths (39.5 units)
- Magra Regularloosely similar widths (40.3 units)
- Port Lligat Sans Regularloosely similar widths (40.6 units)
- Epunda Sans Regularloosely similar widths (40.6 units)
- Port Lligat Slab Regularloosely similar widths (40.9 units)
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Questions people ask
+Can I edit a PDF that uses Finlandica Headline?
Yes. Drop the PDF into MythosPDF and click the text. New letters are set in Finlandica Headline itself, loaded from the open font, so the edit matches the rest of the page.
+Is Finlandica Headline free to use?
Finlandica Headline 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 Finlandica Headline?
By measured letter widths, Finlandica is the closest match among open fonts (a mean difference of 10.9 units per 1000 em). Text set in one takes almost the same space in the other.
+Which languages does Finlandica Headline support?
It includes these character sets: Cyrillic, Cyrillic Extended, Latin, Central European, Vietnamese.
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