Libre Bodoni
Libre Bodoni is a serif font in 4 weights with italics, also available as a variable font. Its lowercase letters are about as wide as the typical serif font. Last updated 16 September 2025.
Editing a PDF that uses Libre Bodoni
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 Libre Bodoni from the widths stored in your PDF, loads the complete open font, and sets your new text in Libre Bodoni itself. The rest of the page is carried over untouched.
Measured metrics
| Average lowercase letter width | 509.5 units per 1000 em |
|---|---|
| Average capital letter width | 698.3 units per 1000 em |
| Word space | 206 units per 1000 em |
| Digits | proportional (digit widths differ) |
| Spacing | proportional |
| Width of i compared with m | 38% |
| Printable ASCII characters covered | 94 of 94 |
| Category | Serif |
Weights and styles
Languages beyond basic Latin
Open fonts closest to Libre Bodoni
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.
- Averia Serif Libre Regularloosely similar widths (36.8 units)
- Poltawski Nowy Regularloosely similar widths (37.6 units)
- Spectral Regularloosely similar widths (38.3 units)
- Spectral SC Regularloosely similar widths (38.3 units)
- Frank Ruhl Libre Regularloosely similar widths (39.4 units)
- Bona Nova SC Regularloosely similar widths (39.4 units)
- Bona Nova Regularloosely similar widths (39.4 units)
- Bitter Regularloosely similar widths (40.1 units)
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Questions people ask
+Can I edit a PDF that uses Libre Bodoni?
Yes. Drop the PDF into MythosPDF and click the text. New letters are set in Libre Bodoni itself, loaded from the open font, so the edit matches the rest of the page.
+Is Libre Bodoni free to use?
Libre Bodoni 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 Libre Bodoni?
By measured letter widths, Averia Serif Libre is the closest match among open fonts (a mean difference of 36.8 units per 1000 em). Text set in one takes almost the same space in the other.
+Which languages does Libre Bodoni support?
It includes these character sets: Latin, Central European, Vietnamese.
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