Glass Antiqua
Glass Antiqua is a display font in 1 weight. Its lowercase letters are 20% narrower than the typical display font. Last updated 16 September 2025.
Editing a PDF that uses Glass Antiqua
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 Glass Antiqua from the widths stored in your PDF, loads the complete open font, and sets your new text in Glass Antiqua itself. The rest of the page is carried over untouched.
Measured metrics
| Average lowercase letter width | 422 units per 1000 em |
|---|---|
| Average capital letter width | 505.9 units per 1000 em |
| Word space | 250 units per 1000 em |
| Digits | proportional (digit widths differ) |
| Spacing | proportional |
| Width of i compared with m | 31% |
| Printable ASCII characters covered | 94 of 94 |
| Category | Display |
Weights and styles
Languages beyond basic Latin
Open fonts closest to Glass Antiqua
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.
- Cuprum Regularloosely similar widths (47.8 units)
- Dosis Regularloosely similar widths (49 units)
- Markazi Text Regularloosely similar widths (50.2 units)
- Neuton Regularloosely similar widths (50.7 units)
- Cossette Titre Regularloosely similar widths (50.9 units)
- Timmana Regularloosely similar widths (51.8 units)
- Suravaram Regularloosely similar widths (52.6 units)
- Parastoo Regularloosely similar widths (53.2 units)
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Questions people ask
+Can I edit a PDF that uses Glass Antiqua?
Yes. Drop the PDF into MythosPDF and click the text. New letters are set in Glass Antiqua itself, loaded from the open font, so the edit matches the rest of the page.
+Is Glass Antiqua free to use?
Glass Antiqua 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 Glass Antiqua?
By measured letter widths, Cuprum is the closest match among open fonts (a mean difference of 47.8 units per 1000 em). Text set in one takes almost the same space in the other.
+Which languages does Glass Antiqua support?
It includes these character sets: Latin, Central European.
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