Galdeano
Galdeano is a sans serif font in 1 weight. Its lowercase letters are 14% narrower than the typical sans serif font. Last updated 16 September 2025.
Editing a PDF that uses Galdeano
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 Galdeano from the widths stored in your PDF, loads the complete open font, and sets your new text in Galdeano itself. The rest of the page is carried over untouched.
Measured metrics
| Average lowercase letter width | 444.4 units per 1000 em |
|---|---|
| Average capital letter width | 555.3 units per 1000 em |
| Word space | 210 units per 1000 em |
| Digits | tabular (every digit is 516 units wide, so columns of numbers line up) |
| Spacing | proportional |
| Width of i compared with m | 30% |
| Printable ASCII characters covered | 94 of 94 |
| Category | Sans serif |
Weights and styles
Open fonts closest to Galdeano
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.
- Balthazar Regularsimilar widths (21.7 units)
- IBM Plex Sans Condensed Regularloosely similar widths (30.2 units)
- Ancizar Sans Regularloosely similar widths (30.5 units)
- Afacad Flux Regularloosely similar widths (30.5 units)
- Afacad Regularloosely similar widths (30.9 units)
- Carlito Regularloosely similar widths (32.2 units)
- Arapey Regularloosely similar widths (32.2 units)
- Alegreya Sans Regularloosely similar widths (32.3 units)
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Questions people ask
+Can I edit a PDF that uses Galdeano?
Yes. Drop the PDF into MythosPDF and click the text. New letters are set in Galdeano itself, loaded from the open font, so the edit matches the rest of the page.
+Is Galdeano free to use?
Galdeano 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 Galdeano?
By measured letter widths, Balthazar is the closest match among open fonts (a mean difference of 21.7 units per 1000 em). Text set in one takes almost the same space in the other.
+Which languages does Galdeano support?
It includes these character sets: Latin.
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