Linefont
Linefont is a display font in 9 weights, also available as a variable font. Its lowercase letters are 81% narrower than the typical display font. Last updated 17 September 2025.
Editing a PDF that uses Linefont
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 Linefont from the widths stored in your PDF, loads the complete open font, and sets your new text in Linefont itself. The rest of the page is carried over untouched.
Measured metrics
| Average lowercase letter width | 100 units per 1000 em |
|---|---|
| Average capital letter width | 100 units per 1000 em |
| Word space | 100 units per 1000 em |
| Digits | tabular (every digit is 100 units wide, so columns of numbers line up) |
| Spacing | monospaced |
| Width of i compared with m | 100% |
| Printable ASCII characters covered | 94 of 94 |
| Category | Display |
Weights and styles
Open fonts closest to Linefont
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.
- Wavefont Regularidentical letter widths (0 units)
- Libre Barcode EAN13 Text Regularloosely similar widths (52.4 units)
- Dorsa Regularloosely similar widths (91.5 units)
- Six Caps Regularloosely similar widths (118.2 units)
- Tulpen One Regularloosely similar widths (133.9 units)
- Foldit Regularloosely similar widths (134.7 units)
- Karantina Regularloosely similar widths (145.9 units)
- Wire One Regularloosely similar widths (160.4 units)
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Questions people ask
+Can I edit a PDF that uses Linefont?
Yes. Drop the PDF into MythosPDF and click the text. New letters are set in Linefont itself, loaded from the open font, so the edit matches the rest of the page.
+Is Linefont free to use?
Linefont 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 Linefont?
By measured letter widths, Wavefont 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 Linefont support?
It includes these character sets: Latin.
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