Libertinus Serif Display
Libertinus Serif Display is a display font in 1 weight. Its lowercase letters are 14% narrower than the typical display font. Last updated 26 August 2025.
Editing a PDF that uses Libertinus Serif Display
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 Libertinus Serif Display from the widths stored in your PDF, loads the complete open font, and sets your new text in Libertinus Serif Display itself. The rest of the page is carried over untouched.
Measured metrics
| Average lowercase letter width | 450.6 units per 1000 em |
|---|---|
| Average capital letter width | 627 units per 1000 em |
| Word space | 250 units per 1000 em |
| Digits | tabular (every digit is 465 units wide, so columns of numbers line up) |
| Spacing | proportional |
| Width of i compared with m | 35% |
| Printable ASCII characters covered | 94 of 94 |
| Category | Display |
Weights and styles
Languages beyond basic Latin
Open fonts closest to Libertinus Serif Display
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.
- Libertinus Serif Regularvery close widths (10.6 units)
- Libertinus Sans Regularsimilar widths (17.3 units)
- Libertinus Math Regularsimilar widths (25.1 units)
- Crimson Text Regularsimilar widths (27.6 units)
- Sahitya Regularloosely similar widths (31 units)
- Alegreya Regularloosely similar widths (31.1 units)
- Lisu Bosa Regularloosely similar widths (32.8 units)
- Shafarik Regularloosely similar widths (34.7 units)
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Questions people ask
+Can I edit a PDF that uses Libertinus Serif Display?
Yes. Drop the PDF into MythosPDF and click the text. New letters are set in Libertinus Serif Display itself, loaded from the open font, so the edit matches the rest of the page.
+Is Libertinus Serif Display free to use?
Libertinus Serif Display 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 Libertinus Serif Display?
By measured letter widths, Libertinus Serif is the closest match among open fonts (a mean difference of 10.6 units per 1000 em). Text set in one takes almost the same space in the other.
+Which languages does Libertinus Serif Display support?
It includes these character sets: Cyrillic, Cyrillic Extended, Greek, Greek Extended, Latin, Central European, Vietnamese.
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