Marhey
Marhey is a display font in 5 weights, also available as a variable font. Its lowercase letters are 7% wider than the typical display font. Last updated 8 September 2025.
Editing a PDF that uses Marhey
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 Marhey from the widths stored in your PDF, loads the complete open font, and sets your new text in Marhey itself. The rest of the page is carried over untouched.
Measured metrics
| Average lowercase letter width | 561.2 units per 1000 em |
|---|---|
| Average capital letter width | 741.9 units per 1000 em |
| Word space | 220 units per 1000 em |
| Digits | proportional (digit widths differ) |
| Spacing | proportional |
| Width of i compared with m | 30% |
| Printable ASCII characters covered | 94 of 94 |
| Category | Display |
Weights and styles
Languages beyond basic Latin
Open fonts closest to Marhey
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.
- Newsreader Regularloosely similar widths (43.1 units)
- Peace Sans Regularloosely similar widths (44.3 units)
- Belgrano Regularloosely similar widths (44.8 units)
- Gotu Regularloosely similar widths (45.1 units)
- Golos Text Regularloosely similar widths (46.6 units)
- Platypi Regularloosely similar widths (47.7 units)
- Fraunces Regularloosely similar widths (47.9 units)
- Metropolis Regularloosely similar widths (47.9 units)
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Questions people ask
+Can I edit a PDF that uses Marhey?
Yes. Drop the PDF into MythosPDF and click the text. New letters are set in Marhey itself, loaded from the open font, so the edit matches the rest of the page.
+Is Marhey free to use?
Marhey 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 Marhey?
By measured letter widths, Newsreader is the closest match among open fonts (a mean difference of 43.1 units per 1000 em). Text set in one takes almost the same space in the other.
+Which languages does Marhey support?
It includes these character sets: Arabic, Latin, Central European.
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