Mada
Mada is a sans serif font in 8 weights, also available as a variable font. Its lowercase letters are 8% narrower than the typical sans serif font. Last updated 5 September 2025.
Editing a PDF that uses Mada
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 Mada from the widths stored in your PDF, loads the complete open font, and sets your new text in Mada itself. The rest of the page is carried over untouched.
Measured metrics
| Average lowercase letter width | 474.8 units per 1000 em |
|---|---|
| Average capital letter width | 569.1 units per 1000 em |
| Word space | 200 units per 1000 em |
| Digits | tabular (every digit is 497 units wide, so columns of numbers line up) |
| Spacing | proportional |
| Width of i compared with m | 30% |
| Printable ASCII characters covered | 94 of 94 |
| Category | Sans serif |
Weights and styles
Languages beyond basic Latin
Open fonts closest to Mada
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.
- Source Sans Pro Regularidentical letter widths (0 units)
- Source Sans 3 Regularidentical letter widths (0 units)
- Assistant Regularnearly identical widths (2.6 units)
- Varta Regularnearly identical widths (3 units)
- Tirra Regularvery close widths (12.8 units)
- Akatab Regularvery close widths (12.8 units)
- Chiron Hei HK Regularsimilar widths (22.6 units)
- Kedebideri Regularsimilar widths (23.3 units)
Compare Mada
Questions people ask
+Can I edit a PDF that uses Mada?
Yes. Drop the PDF into MythosPDF and click the text. New letters are set in Mada itself, loaded from the open font, so the edit matches the rest of the page.
+Is Mada free to use?
Mada 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 Mada?
By measured letter widths, Source Sans Pro 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 Mada support?
It includes these character sets: Arabic, Latin, Central European.
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