Gilda Display
Gilda Display is a serif font in 1 weight. Its lowercase letters are about as wide as the typical serif font. Last updated 10 September 2025.
Editing a PDF that uses Gilda Display
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 Gilda Display from the widths stored in your PDF, loads the complete open font, and sets your new text in Gilda Display itself. The rest of the page is carried over untouched.
Measured metrics
| Average lowercase letter width | 506.7 units per 1000 em |
|---|---|
| Average capital letter width | 700.6 units per 1000 em |
| Word space | 250 units per 1000 em |
| Digits | tabular (every digit is 550 units wide, so columns of numbers line up) |
| Spacing | proportional |
| Width of i compared with m | 35% |
| Printable ASCII characters covered | 94 of 94 |
| Category | Serif |
Weights and styles
Languages beyond basic Latin
Open fonts closest to Gilda Display
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.
- Aleo Regularloosely similar widths (39.6 units)
- Sura Regularloosely similar widths (40.4 units)
- Spectral SC Regularloosely similar widths (40.5 units)
- Spectral Regularloosely similar widths (40.5 units)
- Averia Serif Libre Regularloosely similar widths (40.9 units)
- Newsreader Regularloosely similar widths (42 units)
- Trirong Regularloosely similar widths (42.5 units)
- Cambo Regularloosely similar widths (42.7 units)
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Questions people ask
+Can I edit a PDF that uses Gilda Display?
Yes. Drop the PDF into MythosPDF and click the text. New letters are set in Gilda Display itself, loaded from the open font, so the edit matches the rest of the page.
+Is Gilda Display free to use?
Gilda Display 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 Gilda Display?
By measured letter widths, Aleo is the closest match among open fonts (a mean difference of 39.6 units per 1000 em). Text set in one takes almost the same space in the other.
+Which languages does Gilda Display support?
It includes these character sets: Latin, Central European.
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