Gidole
Gidole is a sans serif font in 1 weight. Its lowercase letters are 8% narrower than the typical sans serif font. Last updated 30 May 2025.
Editing a PDF that uses Gidole
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 Gidole from the widths stored in your PDF, loads the complete open font, and sets your new text in Gidole itself. The rest of the page is carried over untouched.
Measured metrics
| Average lowercase letter width | 475.5 units per 1000 em |
|---|---|
| Average capital letter width | 559.7 units per 1000 em |
| Word space | 288.1 units per 1000 em |
| Digits | proportional (digit widths differ) |
| Spacing | proportional |
| Width of i compared with m | 28% |
| Printable ASCII characters covered | 94 of 94 |
| Category | Sans serif |
Weights and styles
Languages beyond basic Latin
Open fonts closest to Gidole
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.
- Anek Tamil Regularsimilar widths (23.3 units)
- Anek Gurmukhi Regularsimilar widths (23.3 units)
- Anek Kannada Regularsimilar widths (23.7 units)
- Anek Malayalam Regularsimilar widths (23.7 units)
- Anek Telugu Regularsimilar widths (23.8 units)
- Anek Devanagari Regularsimilar widths (24 units)
- Anek Latin Regularsimilar widths (24 units)
- Anek Odia Regularsimilar widths (24 units)
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Questions people ask
+Can I edit a PDF that uses Gidole?
Yes. Drop the PDF into MythosPDF and click the text. New letters are set in Gidole itself, loaded from the open font, so the edit matches the rest of the page.
+Is Gidole free to use?
Gidole 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 Gidole?
By measured letter widths, Anek Tamil is the closest match among open fonts (a mean difference of 23.3 units per 1000 em). Text set in one takes almost the same space in the other.
+Which languages does Gidole support?
It includes these character sets: Cyrillic, Greek, Latin, Central European, Vietnamese.
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