Lateef
Lateef is a serif font in 7 weights. Its lowercase letters are 27% narrower than the typical serif font. Last updated 16 September 2025.
Editing a PDF that uses Lateef
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 Lateef from the widths stored in your PDF, loads the complete open font, and sets your new text in Lateef itself. The rest of the page is carried over untouched.
Measured metrics
| Average lowercase letter width | 376.6 units per 1000 em |
|---|---|
| Average capital letter width | 471 units per 1000 em |
| Word space | 151.4 units per 1000 em |
| Digits | tabular (every digit is 397 units wide, so columns of numbers line up) |
| Spacing | proportional |
| Width of i compared with m | 33% |
| Printable ASCII characters covered | 94 of 94 |
| Category | Serif |
Weights and styles
Languages beyond basic Latin
Open fonts closest to Lateef
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.
- Markazi Text Regularsimilar widths (21.6 units)
- PT Sans Narrow Regularsimilar widths (27.5 units)
- Ramsina Regularloosely similar widths (32 units)
- Cossette Titre Regularloosely similar widths (33.4 units)
- Instrument Serif Regularloosely similar widths (33.7 units)
- Saira Condensed Regularloosely similar widths (34.4 units)
- Fira Sans Extra Condensed Regularloosely similar widths (35 units)
- Sofia Sans Condensed Regularloosely similar widths (35.1 units)
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Questions people ask
+Can I edit a PDF that uses Lateef?
Yes. Drop the PDF into MythosPDF and click the text. New letters are set in Lateef itself, loaded from the open font, so the edit matches the rest of the page.
+Is Lateef free to use?
Lateef 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 Lateef?
By measured letter widths, Markazi Text is the closest match among open fonts (a mean difference of 21.6 units per 1000 em). Text set in one takes almost the same space in the other.
+Which languages does Lateef support?
It includes these character sets: Arabic, Latin, Central European.
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