Fraunces
Fraunces is a serif font in 9 weights with italics, also available as a variable font. Its lowercase letters are 4% wider than the typical serif font. Last updated 10 September 2025.
Editing a PDF that uses Fraunces
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 Fraunces from the widths stored in your PDF, loads the complete open font, and sets your new text in Fraunces itself. The rest of the page is carried over untouched.
Measured metrics
| Average lowercase letter width | 536.1 units per 1000 em |
|---|---|
| Average capital letter width | 705.2 units per 1000 em |
| Word space | 224.5 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
- Fraunces Thin Italic
- Fraunces Thin
- Fraunces ExtraLight Italic
- Fraunces ExtraLight
- Fraunces Light Italic
- Fraunces Light
- Fraunces Italic
- Fraunces Regular
- Fraunces Medium Italic
- Fraunces Medium
- Fraunces SemiBold Italic
- Fraunces SemiBold
- Fraunces Bold Italic
- Fraunces Bold
- Fraunces ExtraBold Italic
- Fraunces ExtraBold
- Fraunces Black Italic
- Fraunces Black
Languages beyond basic Latin
Open fonts closest to Fraunces
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.
- Poltawski Nowy Regularsimilar widths (28.9 units)
- Playfair Display Regularsimilar widths (29.5 units)
- Averia Serif Libre Regularloosely similar widths (30.4 units)
- Volkhov Regularloosely similar widths (32 units)
- Abril Fatface Regularloosely similar widths (33.8 units)
- Rufina Regularloosely similar widths (33.8 units)
- Bodoni Moda Regularloosely similar widths (34.6 units)
- Bodoni Moda SC Regularloosely similar widths (34.6 units)
Compare Fraunces
Questions people ask
+Can I edit a PDF that uses Fraunces?
Yes. Drop the PDF into MythosPDF and click the text. New letters are set in Fraunces itself, loaded from the open font, so the edit matches the rest of the page.
+Is Fraunces free to use?
Fraunces 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 Fraunces?
By measured letter widths, Poltawski Nowy is the closest match among open fonts (a mean difference of 28.9 units per 1000 em). Text set in one takes almost the same space in the other.
+Which languages does Fraunces support?
It includes these character sets: Latin, Central European, Vietnamese.
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