Fondamento
Fondamento is a handwriting font in 1 weight with italics. Its lowercase letters are 11% narrower than the typical handwriting font. Last updated 5 September 2025.
Editing a PDF that uses Fondamento
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 Fondamento from the widths stored in your PDF, loads the complete open font, and sets your new text in Fondamento itself. The rest of the page is carried over untouched.
Measured metrics
| Average lowercase letter width | 489.1 units per 1000 em |
|---|---|
| Average capital letter width | 702.9 units per 1000 em |
| Word space | 244.1 units per 1000 em |
| Digits | proportional (digit widths differ) |
| Spacing | proportional |
| Width of i compared with m | 37% |
| Printable ASCII characters covered | 94 of 94 |
| Category | Handwriting |
Weights and styles
Languages beyond basic Latin
Open fonts closest to Fondamento
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.
- Sedan SC Regularloosely similar widths (48.6 units)
- Sedan Regularloosely similar widths (48.6 units)
- Quattrocento Regularloosely similar widths (51.4 units)
- Ovo Regularloosely similar widths (51.4 units)
- Milonga Regularloosely similar widths (51.6 units)
- Averia Serif Libre Regularloosely similar widths (51.7 units)
- Amiri Regularloosely similar widths (52 units)
- Fraunces Regularloosely similar widths (53.3 units)
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Questions people ask
+Can I edit a PDF that uses Fondamento?
Yes. Drop the PDF into MythosPDF and click the text. New letters are set in Fondamento itself, loaded from the open font, so the edit matches the rest of the page.
+Is Fondamento free to use?
Fondamento 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 Fondamento?
By measured letter widths, Sedan SC is the closest match among open fonts (a mean difference of 48.6 units per 1000 em). Text set in one takes almost the same space in the other.
+Which languages does Fondamento support?
It includes these character sets: Latin, Central European.
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