Iceberg
Iceberg is a display font in 1 weight. Its lowercase letters are 10% narrower than the typical display font. Last updated 5 September 2025.
Editing a PDF that uses Iceberg
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 Iceberg from the widths stored in your PDF, loads the complete open font, and sets your new text in Iceberg itself. The rest of the page is carried over untouched.
Measured metrics
| Average lowercase letter width | 469.4 units per 1000 em |
|---|---|
| Average capital letter width | 578.9 units per 1000 em |
| Word space | 173 units per 1000 em |
| Digits | tabular (every digit is 493 units wide, so columns of numbers line up) |
| Spacing | proportional |
| Width of i compared with m | 36% |
| Printable ASCII characters covered | 94 of 94 |
| Category | Display |
Weights and styles
Open fonts closest to Iceberg
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.
- Saira Semi Condensed Regularloosely similar widths (35.3 units)
- Signika Negative Regularloosely similar widths (35.4 units)
- Signika Regularloosely similar widths (35.4 units)
- Reddit Sans Condensed Regularloosely similar widths (36.7 units)
- Source Sans 3 Regularloosely similar widths (36.9 units)
- Source Sans Pro Regularloosely similar widths (36.9 units)
- Mada Regularloosely similar widths (36.9 units)
- Varta Regularloosely similar widths (37.1 units)
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Questions people ask
+Can I edit a PDF that uses Iceberg?
Yes. Drop the PDF into MythosPDF and click the text. New letters are set in Iceberg itself, loaded from the open font, so the edit matches the rest of the page.
+Is Iceberg free to use?
Iceberg 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 Iceberg?
By measured letter widths, Saira Semi Condensed is the closest match among open fonts (a mean difference of 35.3 units per 1000 em). Text set in one takes almost the same space in the other.
+Which languages does Iceberg support?
It includes these character sets: Latin.
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