Macondo Swash Caps
Macondo Swash Caps is a display font in 1 weight. Its lowercase letters are 12% narrower than the typical display font. Last updated 8 September 2025.
Editing a PDF that uses Macondo Swash Caps
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 Swash Caps from the widths stored in your PDF, loads the complete open font, and sets your new text in Macondo Swash Caps 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 | 634 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 Swash Caps
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 Regularnearly identical widths (4.6 units)
- Kreon Regularloosely similar widths (33.9 units)
- Cantora One Regularloosely similar widths (37.1 units)
- Averia Sans Libre Regularloosely similar widths (39.3 units)
- Averia Libre Regularloosely similar widths (40.6 units)
- Actor Regularloosely similar widths (41.1 units)
- Vidaloka Regularloosely similar widths (41.7 units)
- Special Gothic Regularloosely similar widths (42 units)
Compare Macondo Swash Caps
Questions people ask
+Can I edit a PDF that uses Macondo Swash Caps?
Yes. Drop the PDF into MythosPDF and click the text. New letters are set in Macondo Swash Caps itself, loaded from the open font, so the edit matches the rest of the page.
+Is Macondo Swash Caps free to use?
Macondo Swash Caps 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 Swash Caps?
By measured letter widths, Macondo 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 Swash Caps support?
It includes these character sets: Latin.
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