Kelly Slab
Kelly Slab is a display font in 1 weight. Its lowercase letters are 7% narrower than the typical display font. Last updated 2 June 2025.
Editing a PDF that uses Kelly Slab
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 Kelly Slab from the widths stored in your PDF, loads the complete open font, and sets your new text in Kelly Slab itself. The rest of the page is carried over untouched.
Measured metrics
| Average lowercase letter width | 486.4 units per 1000 em |
|---|---|
| Average capital letter width | 594 units per 1000 em |
| Word space | 350 units per 1000 em |
| Digits | proportional (digit widths differ) |
| Spacing | proportional |
| Width of i compared with m | 37% |
| Printable ASCII characters covered | 93 of 94 |
| Category | Display |
Weights and styles
Languages beyond basic Latin
Open fonts closest to Kelly Slab
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.
- Vidaloka Regularloosely similar widths (34.9 units)
- Eczar Regularloosely similar widths (37.6 units)
- Kreon Regularloosely similar widths (37.7 units)
- Epunda Slab Regularloosely similar widths (38.1 units)
- Averia Libre Regularloosely similar widths (38.5 units)
- Averia Gruesa Libre Regularloosely similar widths (39.2 units)
- Scada Regularloosely similar widths (39.6 units)
- Averia Sans Libre Regularloosely similar widths (39.7 units)
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Questions people ask
+Can I edit a PDF that uses Kelly Slab?
Yes. Drop the PDF into MythosPDF and click the text. New letters are set in Kelly Slab itself, loaded from the open font, so the edit matches the rest of the page.
+Is Kelly Slab free to use?
Kelly Slab 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 Kelly Slab?
By measured letter widths, Vidaloka is the closest match among open fonts (a mean difference of 34.9 units per 1000 em). Text set in one takes almost the same space in the other.
+Which languages does Kelly Slab support?
It includes these character sets: Cyrillic, Latin, Central European.
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