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GFS Didot Regular

GFS Didot Regular is the weight 400 face of GFS Didot, a serif family. Its lowercase letters are about as wide as the typical serif font.

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GFS Didot Regular
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Measured metrics

Average lowercase letter width504.6 units per 1000 em
Average capital letter width685.7 units per 1000 em
Word space352 units per 1000 em
Digitsproportional (digit widths differ)
Spacingproportional
Width of i compared with m32%
Printable ASCII characters covered94 of 94
CategorySerif

Fonts closest to GFS Didot Regular

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.

  1. Averia Serif Libre Regularloosely similar widths (38.7 units)
  2. Averia Serif Libre Lightloosely similar widths (38.8 units)
  3. Frank Ruhl Libre Boldloosely similar widths (40.4 units)
  4. Frank Ruhl Libre SemiBoldloosely similar widths (40.9 units)
  5. Frank Ruhl Libre ExtraBoldloosely similar widths (41.1 units)
  6. Tiro Devanagari Hindi Regularloosely similar widths (41.5 units)
  7. Tiro Bangla Regularloosely similar widths (41.5 units)
  8. Tiro Telugu Regularloosely similar widths (41.5 units)

Editing a PDF that uses GFS Didot Regular

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 GFS Didot Regular from the widths stored in your PDF, loads the complete open font, and sets your new text in GFS Didot Regular itself. The rest of the page is carried over untouched.

Questions people ask

+What font is closest to GFS Didot Regular?

Among open fonts in the catalogue, Averia Serif Libre Regular has the closest letter widths to GFS Didot Regular: loosely similar widths, a mean difference of 38.7 units per 1000 em.

+Does GFS Didot Regular have tabular numbers?

No. Its digits have different widths, so numbers in columns do not align on their own.

+Can I type new text in GFS Didot Regular inside a PDF?

Yes. MythosPDF recognises the font from your PDF, loads the complete GFS Didot font, and sets new letters in GFS Didot Regular.

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