Gudea
Gudea is a sans serif font in 2 weights with italics. Its lowercase letters are 9% narrower than the typical sans serif font. Last updated 10 September 2025.
Editing a PDF that uses Gudea
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 Gudea from the widths stored in your PDF, loads the complete open font, and sets your new text in Gudea itself. The rest of the page is carried over untouched.
Measured metrics
| Average lowercase letter width | 471.7 units per 1000 em |
|---|---|
| Average capital letter width | 574 units per 1000 em |
| Word space | 250 units per 1000 em |
| Digits | proportional (digit widths differ) |
| Spacing | proportional |
| Width of i compared with m | 27% |
| Printable ASCII characters covered | 94 of 94 |
| Category | Sans serif |
Weights and styles
Languages beyond basic Latin
Open fonts closest to Gudea
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.
- Signika Negative Regularsimilar widths (29.3 units)
- Signika Regularsimilar widths (29.5 units)
- Sunflower Lightloosely similar widths (30.4 units)
- Cairo Regularloosely similar widths (31 units)
- Cairo Play Regularloosely similar widths (31 units)
- Titillium Web Regularloosely similar widths (31.6 units)
- Magra Regularloosely similar widths (31.6 units)
- Sarabun Regularloosely similar widths (32.3 units)
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Questions people ask
+Can I edit a PDF that uses Gudea?
Yes. Drop the PDF into MythosPDF and click the text. New letters are set in Gudea itself, loaded from the open font, so the edit matches the rest of the page.
+Is Gudea free to use?
Gudea 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 Gudea?
By measured letter widths, Signika Negative is the closest match among open fonts (a mean difference of 29.3 units per 1000 em). Text set in one takes almost the same space in the other.
+Which languages does Gudea support?
It includes these character sets: Latin, Central European.
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