Material Symbols Outlined
Material Symbols Outlined is a icons font in 7 weights, also available as a variable font. Its lowercase letters are about as wide as the typical icons font. Last updated 17 September 2026.
Editing a PDF that uses Material Symbols Outlined
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 Material Symbols Outlined from the widths stored in your PDF, loads the complete open font, and sets your new text in Material Symbols Outlined itself. The rest of the page is carried over untouched.
Measured metrics
| Average lowercase letter width | 1000 units per 1000 em |
|---|---|
| Average capital letter width | 1000 units per 1000 em |
| Word space | 1000 units per 1000 em |
| Digits | tabular (every digit is 1000 units wide, so columns of numbers line up) |
| Spacing | monospaced |
| Width of i compared with m | 100% |
| Printable ASCII characters covered | 64 of 94 |
| Category | Icons |
Weights and styles
Open fonts closest to Material Symbols Outlined
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.
- Material Symbols Sharp Regularidentical letter widths (0 units)
- Press Start 2P Regularidentical letter widths (0 units)
- Material Symbols Regularidentical letter widths (0 units)
- Material Symbols Rounded Regularidentical letter widths (0 units)
- Sixtyfour Regularidentical letter widths (0 units)
- Sixtyfour Convergence Regularidentical letter widths (0 units)
- Libertinus Keyboard Regularloosely similar widths (110 units)
- Lexend Zetta Regularloosely similar widths (122.3 units)
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Questions people ask
+Can I edit a PDF that uses Material Symbols Outlined?
Yes. Drop the PDF into MythosPDF and click the text. New letters are set in Material Symbols Outlined itself, loaded from the open font, so the edit matches the rest of the page.
+Is Material Symbols Outlined free to use?
Material Symbols Outlined 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 Material Symbols Outlined?
By measured letter widths, Material Symbols Sharp 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 Material Symbols Outlined support?
It includes these character sets: Latin.
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