Mea Culpa
Mea Culpa is a handwriting font in 1 weight. Its lowercase letters are 46% narrower than the typical handwriting font. Last updated 10 September 2025.
Editing a PDF that uses Mea Culpa
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 Mea Culpa from the widths stored in your PDF, loads the complete open font, and sets your new text in Mea Culpa itself. The rest of the page is carried over untouched.
Measured metrics
| Average lowercase letter width | 293.8 units per 1000 em |
|---|---|
| Average capital letter width | 922.9 units per 1000 em |
| Word space | 220 units per 1000 em |
| Digits | proportional (digit widths differ) |
| Spacing | proportional |
| Width of i compared with m | 45% |
| Printable ASCII characters covered | 94 of 94 |
| Category | Handwriting |
Weights and styles
Languages beyond basic Latin
Open fonts closest to Mea Culpa
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.
- Meow Script Regularloosely similar widths (82.6 units)
- Great Vibes Regularloosely similar widths (84.6 units)
- Corinthia Regularloosely similar widths (89.4 units)
- Ephesis Regularloosely similar widths (90.1 units)
- Babylonica Regularloosely similar widths (91.1 units)
- Bilbo Swash Caps Regularloosely similar widths (92.5 units)
- Imperial Script Regularloosely similar widths (92.7 units)
- Fleur De Leah Regularloosely similar widths (92.9 units)
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Questions people ask
+Can I edit a PDF that uses Mea Culpa?
Yes. Drop the PDF into MythosPDF and click the text. New letters are set in Mea Culpa itself, loaded from the open font, so the edit matches the rest of the page.
+Is Mea Culpa free to use?
Mea Culpa 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 Mea Culpa?
By measured letter widths, Meow Script is the closest match among open fonts (a mean difference of 82.6 units per 1000 em). Text set in one takes almost the same space in the other.
+Which languages does Mea Culpa support?
It includes these character sets: Latin, Central European, Vietnamese.
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