Freehand
Freehand is a display font in 1 weight. Its lowercase letters are 26% narrower than the typical display font. Last updated 8 September 2025.
Editing a PDF that uses Freehand
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 Freehand from the widths stored in your PDF, loads the complete open font, and sets your new text in Freehand itself. The rest of the page is carried over untouched.
Measured metrics
| Average lowercase letter width | 387.3 units per 1000 em |
|---|---|
| Average capital letter width | 529.1 units per 1000 em |
| Word space | 341.8 units per 1000 em |
| Digits | proportional (digit widths differ) |
| Spacing | proportional |
| Width of i compared with m | 38% |
| Printable ASCII characters covered | 94 of 94 |
| Category | Display |
Weights and styles
Languages beyond basic Latin
Open fonts closest to Freehand
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.
- Fasthand Regularidentical letter widths (0 units)
- Taprom Regularidentical letter widths (0 units)
- Seaweed Script Regularidentical letter widths (0.3 units)
- Gemunu Libre Regularloosely similar widths (46.7 units)
- Jaldi Regularloosely similar widths (49.8 units)
- Caveat Regularloosely similar widths (50 units)
- Stylish Regularloosely similar widths (50.2 units)
- Grenze Regularloosely similar widths (50.3 units)
Compare Freehand
Questions people ask
+Can I edit a PDF that uses Freehand?
Yes. Drop the PDF into MythosPDF and click the text. New letters are set in Freehand itself, loaded from the open font, so the edit matches the rest of the page.
+Is Freehand free to use?
Freehand 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 Freehand?
By measured letter widths, Fasthand is the closest match among open fonts (a mean difference of 0 units per 1000 em). Text set in one takes almost the same space in the other.
+Which languages does Freehand support?
It includes these character sets: Khmer, Latin.
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