Lisu Bosa
Lisu Bosa is a serif font in 8 weights with italics. Its lowercase letters are 9% narrower than the typical serif font. Last updated 30 May 2025.
Editing a PDF that uses Lisu Bosa
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 Lisu Bosa from the widths stored in your PDF, loads the complete open font, and sets your new text in Lisu Bosa itself. The rest of the page is carried over untouched.
Measured metrics
| Average lowercase letter width | 471.2 units per 1000 em |
|---|---|
| Average capital letter width | 597.9 units per 1000 em |
| Word space | 330 units per 1000 em |
| Digits | tabular (every digit is 434 units wide, so columns of numbers line up) |
| Spacing | proportional |
| Width of i compared with m | 33% |
| Printable ASCII characters covered | 94 of 94 |
| Category | Serif |
Weights and styles
- Lisu Bosa ExtraLight Italic
- Lisu Bosa ExtraLight
- Lisu Bosa Light Italic
- Lisu Bosa Light
- Lisu Bosa Italic
- Lisu Bosa Regular
- Lisu Bosa Medium Italic
- Lisu Bosa Medium
- Lisu Bosa SemiBold Italic
- Lisu Bosa SemiBold
- Lisu Bosa Bold Italic
- Lisu Bosa Bold
- Lisu Bosa ExtraBold Italic
- Lisu Bosa ExtraBold
- Lisu Bosa Black Italic
- Lisu Bosa Black
Languages beyond basic Latin
Open fonts closest to Lisu Bosa
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.
- Alegreya Regularsimilar widths (27.7 units)
- Gupter Regularsimilar widths (29.9 units)
- Sahitya Regularloosely similar widths (30.2 units)
- Unna Regularloosely similar widths (30.6 units)
- Alegreya Sans Regularloosely similar widths (30.9 units)
- Rasa Regularloosely similar widths (31.4 units)
- Yrsa Regularloosely similar widths (31.4 units)
- Gentium Book Basic Regularloosely similar widths (32.5 units)
Compare Lisu Bosa
Questions people ask
+Can I edit a PDF that uses Lisu Bosa?
Yes. Drop the PDF into MythosPDF and click the text. New letters are set in Lisu Bosa itself, loaded from the open font, so the edit matches the rest of the page.
+Is Lisu Bosa free to use?
Lisu Bosa 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 Lisu Bosa?
By measured letter widths, Alegreya is the closest match among open fonts (a mean difference of 27.7 units per 1000 em). Text set in one takes almost the same space in the other.
+Which languages does Lisu Bosa support?
It includes these character sets: Latin, Central European, Lisu.
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