Gideon Roman
Gideon Roman is a display font in 1 weight. Its lowercase letters are 3% narrower than the typical display font. Last updated 5 September 2025.
Editing a PDF that uses Gideon Roman
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 Gideon Roman from the widths stored in your PDF, loads the complete open font, and sets your new text in Gideon Roman itself. The rest of the page is carried over untouched.
Measured metrics
| Average lowercase letter width | 511 units per 1000 em |
|---|---|
| Average capital letter width | 682.5 units per 1000 em |
| Word space | 330 units per 1000 em |
| Digits | proportional (digit widths differ) |
| Spacing | proportional |
| Width of i compared with m | 35% |
| Printable ASCII characters covered | 94 of 94 |
| Category | Display |
Weights and styles
Languages beyond basic Latin
Open fonts closest to Gideon Roman
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.
- Luxurious Roman Regularsimilar widths (17.5 units)
- Zilla Slab Regularloosely similar widths (43.8 units)
- Poly Regularloosely similar widths (44.1 units)
- Bluu Next Bold Italicloosely similar widths (44.3 units)
- Alike Regularloosely similar widths (45.1 units)
- Alike Angular Regularloosely similar widths (45.2 units)
- Spectral Regularloosely similar widths (45.5 units)
- Spectral SC Regularloosely similar widths (45.5 units)
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Questions people ask
+Can I edit a PDF that uses Gideon Roman?
Yes. Drop the PDF into MythosPDF and click the text. New letters are set in Gideon Roman itself, loaded from the open font, so the edit matches the rest of the page.
+Is Gideon Roman free to use?
Gideon Roman 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 Gideon Roman?
By measured letter widths, Luxurious Roman is the closest match among open fonts (a mean difference of 17.5 units per 1000 em). Text set in one takes almost the same space in the other.
+Which languages does Gideon Roman support?
It includes these character sets: Latin, Central European, Vietnamese.
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