Iceland
Iceland is a display font in 1 weight. Its lowercase letters are 16% narrower than the typical display font. Last updated 2 September 2025.
Editing a PDF that uses Iceland
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 Iceland from the widths stored in your PDF, loads the complete open font, and sets your new text in Iceland itself. The rest of the page is carried over untouched.
Measured metrics
| Average lowercase letter width | 438.8 units per 1000 em |
|---|---|
| Average capital letter width | 548.8 units per 1000 em |
| Word space | 200 units per 1000 em |
| Digits | tabular (every digit is 520 units wide, so columns of numbers line up) |
| Spacing | proportional |
| Width of i compared with m | 29% |
| Printable ASCII characters covered | 94 of 94 |
| Category | Display |
Weights and styles
Open fonts closest to Iceland
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.
- Roboto Condensed Regularloosely similar widths (31.3 units)
- Stylish Regularloosely similar widths (32.5 units)
- Freeman Regularloosely similar widths (33.7 units)
- Yantramanav Regularloosely similar widths (36 units)
- NTR Regularloosely similar widths (36.3 units)
- IBM Plex Sans Condensed Regularloosely similar widths (37.3 units)
- Archivo Narrow Regularloosely similar widths (38.2 units)
- Reddit Sans Condensed Regularloosely similar widths (38.2 units)
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Questions people ask
+Can I edit a PDF that uses Iceland?
Yes. Drop the PDF into MythosPDF and click the text. New letters are set in Iceland itself, loaded from the open font, so the edit matches the rest of the page.
+Is Iceland free to use?
Iceland 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 Iceland?
By measured letter widths, Roboto Condensed is the closest match among open fonts (a mean difference of 31.3 units per 1000 em). Text set in one takes almost the same space in the other.
+Which languages does Iceland support?
It includes these character sets: Latin.
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