Lekton
Lekton is a monospace font in 2 weights with italics. Its lowercase letters are 17% narrower than the typical monospace font. Last updated 10 September 2025.
Editing a PDF that uses Lekton
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 Lekton from the widths stored in your PDF, loads the complete open font, and sets your new text in Lekton itself. The rest of the page is carried over untouched.
Measured metrics
| Average lowercase letter width | 500 units per 1000 em |
|---|---|
| Average capital letter width | 500 units per 1000 em |
| Word space | 500 units per 1000 em |
| Digits | tabular (every digit is 500 units wide, so columns of numbers line up) |
| Spacing | monospaced |
| Width of i compared with m | 100% |
| Printable ASCII characters covered | 92 of 94 |
| Category | Monospace |
Weights and styles
Languages beyond basic Latin
Open fonts closest to Lekton
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.
- Inconsolata Regularidentical letter widths (0 units)
- LXGW WenKai Mono TC Regularidentical letter widths (0 units)
- M PLUS 1 Code Regularidentical letter widths (0 units)
- Xanh Mono Regularidentical letter widths (0 units)
- M PLUS Code Latin Regularidentical letter widths (0 units)
- Iosevka Charon Mono Regularidentical letter widths (0 units)
- Workbench Regularidentical letter widths (0 units)
- UnifontEX Regularidentical letter widths (0 units)
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Questions people ask
+Can I edit a PDF that uses Lekton?
Yes. Drop the PDF into MythosPDF and click the text. New letters are set in Lekton itself, loaded from the open font, so the edit matches the rest of the page.
+Is Lekton free to use?
Lekton 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 Lekton?
By measured letter widths, Inconsolata is the closest match among open fonts (a mean difference of 0 units per 1000 em). Text set in one takes almost the same space in the other.
+Which languages does Lekton support?
It includes these character sets: Latin, Central European.
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