Macondo
Macondo is a display font in 1 weight. Its lowercase letters are 12% narrower than the typical display font. Last updated 11 September 2025.
Editing a PDF that uses Macondo
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 Macondo from the widths stored in your PDF, loads the complete open font, and sets your new text in Macondo itself. The rest of the page is carried over untouched.
Measured metrics
| Average lowercase letter width | 462.7 units per 1000 em |
|---|---|
| Average capital letter width | 617.7 units per 1000 em |
| Word space | 300 units per 1000 em |
| Digits | proportional (digit widths differ) |
| Spacing | proportional |
| Width of i compared with m | 32% |
| Printable ASCII characters covered | 94 of 94 |
| Category | Display |
Weights and styles
Open fonts closest to Macondo
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.
- Macondo Swash Caps Regularnearly identical widths (4.6 units)
- Kreon Regularloosely similar widths (34.1 units)
- Cantora One Regularloosely similar widths (35 units)
- Actor Regularloosely similar widths (38.3 units)
- Averia Sans Libre Regularloosely similar widths (38.6 units)
- Special Gothic Regularloosely similar widths (40 units)
- Averia Libre Regularloosely similar widths (41.2 units)
- League Spartan Regularloosely similar widths (41.5 units)
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Questions people ask
+Can I edit a PDF that uses Macondo?
Yes. Drop the PDF into MythosPDF and click the text. New letters are set in Macondo itself, loaded from the open font, so the edit matches the rest of the page.
+Is Macondo free to use?
Macondo 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 Macondo?
By measured letter widths, Macondo Swash Caps is the closest match among open fonts (a mean difference of 4.6 units per 1000 em). Text set in one takes almost the same space in the other.
+Which languages does Macondo support?
It includes these character sets: Latin.
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