Manuale
Manuale is a serif font in 6 weights with italics, also available as a variable font. Its lowercase letters are about as wide as the typical serif font. Last updated 10 September 2025.
Editing a PDF that uses Manuale
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 Manuale from the widths stored in your PDF, loads the complete open font, and sets your new text in Manuale itself. The rest of the page is carried over untouched.
Measured metrics
| Average lowercase letter width | 507 units per 1000 em |
|---|---|
| Average capital letter width | 574.7 units per 1000 em |
| Word space | 203 units per 1000 em |
| Digits | tabular (every digit is 502 units wide, so columns of numbers line up) |
| Spacing | proportional |
| Width of i compared with m | 35% |
| Printable ASCII characters covered | 94 of 94 |
| Category | Serif |
Weights and styles
Languages beyond basic Latin
Open fonts closest to Manuale
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.
- Imprima Regularloosely similar widths (32.8 units)
- Mukta Mahee Regularloosely similar widths (34 units)
- Faustina Regularloosely similar widths (34.7 units)
- Mukta Regularloosely similar widths (35 units)
- Mukta Vaani Regularloosely similar widths (35 units)
- Tajawal Regularloosely similar widths (36.3 units)
- Epunda Slab Regularloosely similar widths (36.6 units)
- Almendra SC Regularloosely similar widths (37 units)
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Questions people ask
+Can I edit a PDF that uses Manuale?
Yes. Drop the PDF into MythosPDF and click the text. New letters are set in Manuale itself, loaded from the open font, so the edit matches the rest of the page.
+Is Manuale free to use?
Manuale 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 Manuale?
By measured letter widths, Imprima is the closest match among open fonts (a mean difference of 32.8 units per 1000 em). Text set in one takes almost the same space in the other.
+Which languages does Manuale support?
It includes these character sets: Latin, Central European, Vietnamese.
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