Honk
Honk is a display font in 1 weight, also available as a variable font. Its lowercase letters are 7% narrower than the typical display font. Last updated 5 September 2025.
Editing a PDF that uses Honk
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 Honk from the widths stored in your PDF, loads the complete open font, and sets your new text in Honk itself. The rest of the page is carried over untouched.
Measured metrics
| Average lowercase letter width | 487.7 units per 1000 em |
|---|---|
| Average capital letter width | 517.5 units per 1000 em |
| Word space | 280 units per 1000 em |
| Digits | proportional (digit widths differ) |
| Spacing | proportional |
| Width of i compared with m | 43% |
| Printable ASCII characters covered | 94 of 94 |
| Category | Display |
Weights and styles
Languages beyond basic Latin
Open fonts closest to Honk
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.
- Rajdhani Regularloosely similar widths (47.1 units)
- Blinker Regularloosely similar widths (47.3 units)
- Akshar Regularloosely similar widths (48.3 units)
- Anek Tamil Regularloosely similar widths (48.4 units)
- Anek Gurmukhi Regularloosely similar widths (48.5 units)
- Share Regularloosely similar widths (48.5 units)
- Anek Kannada Regularloosely similar widths (48.8 units)
- Anek Malayalam Regularloosely similar widths (48.9 units)
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Questions people ask
+Can I edit a PDF that uses Honk?
Yes. Drop the PDF into MythosPDF and click the text. New letters are set in Honk itself, loaded from the open font, so the edit matches the rest of the page.
+Is Honk free to use?
Honk 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 Honk?
By measured letter widths, Rajdhani is the closest match among open fonts (a mean difference of 47.1 units per 1000 em). Text set in one takes almost the same space in the other.
+Which languages does Honk support?
It includes these character sets: Latin, Central European, Math symbols, Symbols, Vietnamese.
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