Graduate
Graduate is a serif font in 1 weight. Its lowercase letters are 29% wider than the typical serif font. Last updated 16 September 2025.
Editing a PDF that uses Graduate
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 Graduate from the widths stored in your PDF, loads the complete open font, and sets your new text in Graduate itself. The rest of the page is carried over untouched.
Measured metrics
| Average lowercase letter width | 665.3 units per 1000 em |
|---|---|
| Average capital letter width | 665.3 units per 1000 em |
| Word space | 350 units per 1000 em |
| Digits | tabular (every digit is 650 units wide, so columns of numbers line up) |
| Spacing | proportional |
| Width of i compared with m | 41% |
| Printable ASCII characters covered | 94 of 94 |
| Category | Serif |
Weights and styles
Open fonts closest to Graduate
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.
- Delius Unicase Regularloosely similar widths (54.7 units)
- Offside Regularloosely similar widths (54.7 units)
- Montserrat Subrayada Regularloosely similar widths (57.2 units)
- Encode Sans SC Regularloosely similar widths (57.6 units)
- Glegoo Regularloosely similar widths (58.1 units)
- Menbere Regularloosely similar widths (58.5 units)
- Merienda One Regularloosely similar widths (58.9 units)
- Geologica Regularloosely similar widths (59.6 units)
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Questions people ask
+Can I edit a PDF that uses Graduate?
Yes. Drop the PDF into MythosPDF and click the text. New letters are set in Graduate itself, loaded from the open font, so the edit matches the rest of the page.
+Is Graduate free to use?
Graduate 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 Graduate?
By measured letter widths, Delius Unicase is the closest match among open fonts (a mean difference of 54.7 units per 1000 em). Text set in one takes almost the same space in the other.
+Which languages does Graduate support?
It includes these character sets: Latin.
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