Kiwi Maru
Kiwi Maru is a serif font in 3 weights. Its lowercase letters are 15% wider than the typical serif font. Last updated 11 September 2025.
Editing a PDF that uses Kiwi Maru
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 Kiwi Maru from the widths stored in your PDF, loads the complete open font, and sets your new text in Kiwi Maru itself. The rest of the page is carried over untouched.
Measured metrics
| Average lowercase letter width | 593 units per 1000 em |
|---|---|
| Average capital letter width | 741.4 units per 1000 em |
| Word space | 250 units per 1000 em |
| Digits | proportional (digit widths differ) |
| Spacing | proportional |
| Width of i compared with m | 35% |
| Printable ASCII characters covered | 94 of 94 |
| Category | Serif |
Weights and styles
Languages beyond basic Latin
Open fonts closest to Kiwi Maru
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 Serif Regularloosely similar widths (39.5 units)
- Mona Sans Regularloosely similar widths (40.9 units)
- Schibsted Grotesk Regularloosely similar widths (41.7 units)
- Montagu Slab Regularloosely similar widths (42.1 units)
- Domine Regularloosely similar widths (43.1 units)
- Noto Serif TC Regularloosely similar widths (43.3 units)
- Noto Serif KR Regularloosely similar widths (43.3 units)
- Noto Serif JP Regularloosely similar widths (43.3 units)
Compare Kiwi Maru
Questions people ask
+Can I edit a PDF that uses Kiwi Maru?
Yes. Drop the PDF into MythosPDF and click the text. New letters are set in Kiwi Maru itself, loaded from the open font, so the edit matches the rest of the page.
+Is Kiwi Maru free to use?
Kiwi Maru 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 Kiwi Maru?
By measured letter widths, Roboto Serif is the closest match among open fonts (a mean difference of 39.5 units per 1000 em). Text set in one takes almost the same space in the other.
+Which languages does Kiwi Maru support?
It includes these character sets: Cyrillic, Japanese, Latin, Central European.
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