Menbere
Menbere is a sans serif font in 7 weights, also available as a variable font. Its lowercase letters are 6% wider than the typical sans serif font. Last updated 25 June 2025.
Editing a PDF that uses Menbere
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 Menbere from the widths stored in your PDF, loads the complete open font, and sets your new text in Menbere itself. The rest of the page is carried over untouched.
Measured metrics
| Average lowercase letter width | 548.2 units per 1000 em |
|---|---|
| Average capital letter width | 653.3 units per 1000 em |
| Word space | 275 units per 1000 em |
| Digits | tabular (every digit is 660 units wide, so columns of numbers line up) |
| Spacing | proportional |
| Width of i compared with m | 29% |
| Printable ASCII characters covered | 94 of 94 |
| Category | Sans serif |
Weights and styles
Languages beyond basic Latin
Open fonts closest to Menbere
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.
- Noto Sans Kayah Li Regularsimilar widths (18.3 units)
- Noto Sans Sundanese Regularsimilar widths (18.5 units)
- Noto Sans Cherokee Regularsimilar widths (19 units)
- Noto Sans New Tai Lue Regularsimilar widths (19 units)
- Noto Sans Symbols Regularsimilar widths (19.1 units)
- Noto Sans Cham Regularsimilar widths (19.1 units)
- Noto Sans Georgian Regularsimilar widths (19.1 units)
- Noto Sans Lao Regularsimilar widths (19.1 units)
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Questions people ask
+Can I edit a PDF that uses Menbere?
Yes. Drop the PDF into MythosPDF and click the text. New letters are set in Menbere itself, loaded from the open font, so the edit matches the rest of the page.
+Is Menbere free to use?
Menbere 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 Menbere?
By measured letter widths, Noto Sans Kayah Li is the closest match among open fonts (a mean difference of 18.3 units per 1000 em). Text set in one takes almost the same space in the other.
+Which languages does Menbere support?
It includes these character sets: Ethiopic, Latin, Central European, Vietnamese.
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