Lobster
Lobster is a display font in 1 weight. Its lowercase letters are 15% narrower than the typical display font. Last updated 8 September 2025.
Editing a PDF that uses Lobster
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 Lobster from the widths stored in your PDF, loads the complete open font, and sets your new text in Lobster itself. The rest of the page is carried over untouched.
Measured metrics
| Average lowercase letter width | 443.3 units per 1000 em |
|---|---|
| Average capital letter width | 600.2 units per 1000 em |
| Word space | 217 units per 1000 em |
| Digits | proportional (digit widths differ) |
| Spacing | proportional |
| Width of i compared with m | 36% |
| Printable ASCII characters covered | 94 of 94 |
| Category | Display |
Weights and styles
Languages beyond basic Latin
Open fonts closest to Lobster
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.
- Pushster Regularidentical letter widths (0 units)
- Pattaya Regularnearly identical widths (0.8 units)
- Galada Regularvery close widths (7 units)
- Lobster Two Regularloosely similar widths (39.2 units)
- Akaya Kanadaka Regularloosely similar widths (44.9 units)
- Akaya Telivigala Regularloosely similar widths (45.1 units)
- Reddit Sans Condensed Regularloosely similar widths (46.8 units)
- Stylish Regularloosely similar widths (48.5 units)
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Questions people ask
+Can I edit a PDF that uses Lobster?
Yes. Drop the PDF into MythosPDF and click the text. New letters are set in Lobster itself, loaded from the open font, so the edit matches the rest of the page.
+Is Lobster free to use?
Lobster 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 Lobster?
By measured letter widths, Pushster 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 Lobster support?
It includes these character sets: Cyrillic, Cyrillic Extended, Latin, Central European, Vietnamese.
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