Limelight
Limelight is a display font in 1 weight. Its lowercase letters are 16% wider than the typical display font. Last updated 16 September 2025.
Editing a PDF that uses Limelight
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 Limelight from the widths stored in your PDF, loads the complete open font, and sets your new text in Limelight itself. The rest of the page is carried over untouched.
Measured metrics
| Average lowercase letter width | 609.5 units per 1000 em |
|---|---|
| Average capital letter width | 688.3 units per 1000 em |
| Word space | 222.7 units per 1000 em |
| Digits | proportional (digit widths differ) |
| Spacing | proportional |
| Width of i compared with m | 34% |
| Printable ASCII characters covered | 94 of 94 |
| Category | Display |
Weights and styles
Languages beyond basic Latin
Open fonts closest to Limelight
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.
- Yeseva One Regularloosely similar widths (55.4 units)
- Black Han Sans Regularloosely similar widths (56 units)
- Argentum Sans Regularloosely similar widths (56.2 units)
- Comme Regularloosely similar widths (56.9 units)
- Alexandria Regularloosely similar widths (57 units)
- Nebula Sans Regularloosely similar widths (57.2 units)
- Paprika Regularloosely similar widths (57.2 units)
- National Park Regularloosely similar widths (57.9 units)
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Questions people ask
+Can I edit a PDF that uses Limelight?
Yes. Drop the PDF into MythosPDF and click the text. New letters are set in Limelight itself, loaded from the open font, so the edit matches the rest of the page.
+Is Limelight free to use?
Limelight 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 Limelight?
By measured letter widths, Yeseva One is the closest match among open fonts (a mean difference of 55.4 units per 1000 em). Text set in one takes almost the same space in the other.
+Which languages does Limelight support?
It includes these character sets: Latin, Central European.
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