Gelasio
Gelasio is a serif font in 4 weights with italics, also available as a variable font. Its lowercase letters are 4% narrower than the typical serif font. Last updated 5 September 2025.
Editing a PDF that uses Gelasio
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 Gelasio from the widths stored in your PDF, loads the complete open font, and sets your new text in Gelasio itself. The rest of the page is carried over untouched.
Measured metrics
| Average lowercase letter width | 499.1 units per 1000 em |
|---|---|
| Average capital letter width | 681.3 units per 1000 em |
| Word space | 241.2 units per 1000 em |
| Digits | proportional (digit widths differ) |
| Spacing | proportional |
| Width of i compared with m | 33% |
| Printable ASCII characters covered | 94 of 94 |
| Category | Serif |
Weights and styles
Languages beyond basic Latin
Open fonts closest to Gelasio
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.
- Gowun Batang Regularloosely similar widths (33.2 units)
- Savate Regularloosely similar widths (33.3 units)
- Tiro Kannada Regularloosely similar widths (33.4 units)
- Tiro Devanagari Marathi Regularloosely similar widths (33.4 units)
- Tiro Devanagari Sanskrit Regularloosely similar widths (33.4 units)
- Tiro Gurmukhi Regularloosely similar widths (33.4 units)
- Tiro Bangla Regularloosely similar widths (33.4 units)
- Tiro Devanagari Hindi Regularloosely similar widths (33.4 units)
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Questions people ask
+Can I edit a PDF that uses Gelasio?
Yes. Drop the PDF into MythosPDF and click the text. New letters are set in Gelasio itself, loaded from the open font, so the edit matches the rest of the page.
+Is Gelasio free to use?
Gelasio 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 Gelasio?
By measured letter widths, Gowun Batang is the closest match among open fonts (a mean difference of 33.2 units per 1000 em). Text set in one takes almost the same space in the other.
+Which languages does Gelasio support?
It includes these character sets: Latin, Central European, Vietnamese.
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