Markazi Text
Markazi Text is a serif font in 4 weights, also available as a variable font. Its lowercase letters are 26% narrower than the typical serif font. Last updated 5 September 2025.
Editing a PDF that uses Markazi Text
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 Markazi Text from the widths stored in your PDF, loads the complete open font, and sets your new text in Markazi Text itself. The rest of the page is carried over untouched.
Measured metrics
| Average lowercase letter width | 383.3 units per 1000 em |
|---|---|
| Average capital letter width | 476.9 units per 1000 em |
| Word space | 166 units per 1000 em |
| Digits | proportional (digit widths differ) |
| 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 Markazi Text
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.
- Lateef Regularsimilar widths (21.6 units)
- PT Sans Narrow Regularsimilar widths (28.2 units)
- Jaini Purva Regularsimilar widths (29.8 units)
- Jaini Regularsimilar widths (29.8 units)
- Katibeh Regularloosely similar widths (30.4 units)
- Saira Condensed Regularloosely similar widths (30.9 units)
- Sofia Sans Condensed Regularloosely similar widths (31.8 units)
- Cossette Titre Regularloosely similar widths (34 units)
Compare Markazi Text
Questions people ask
+Can I edit a PDF that uses Markazi Text?
Yes. Drop the PDF into MythosPDF and click the text. New letters are set in Markazi Text itself, loaded from the open font, so the edit matches the rest of the page.
+Is Markazi Text free to use?
Markazi Text 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 Markazi Text?
By measured letter widths, Lateef is the closest match among open fonts (a mean difference of 21.6 units per 1000 em). Text set in one takes almost the same space in the other.
+Which languages does Markazi Text support?
It includes these character sets: Arabic, Latin, Central European, Vietnamese.
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