Metal
Metal is a display font in 1 weight. Its lowercase letters are 23% narrower than the typical display font. Last updated 11 September 2025.
Editing a PDF that uses Metal
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 Metal from the widths stored in your PDF, loads the complete open font, and sets your new text in Metal itself. The rest of the page is carried over untouched.
Measured metrics
| Average lowercase letter width | 405.3 units per 1000 em |
|---|---|
| Average capital letter width | 571 units per 1000 em |
| Word space | 259.8 units per 1000 em |
| Digits | tabular (every digit is 400.4 units wide, so columns of numbers line up) |
| Spacing | proportional |
| Width of i compared with m | 38% |
| Printable ASCII characters covered | 94 of 94 |
| Category | Display |
Weights and styles
Languages beyond basic Latin
Open fonts closest to Metal
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.
- Ramaraja Regularloosely similar widths (37.7 units)
- Neuton Regularloosely similar widths (38.7 units)
- Libre Caslon Condensed Regularloosely similar widths (39.6 units)
- Cormorant Upright Regularloosely similar widths (40.7 units)
- Gupter Regularloosely similar widths (41.4 units)
- Charm Regularloosely similar widths (45.5 units)
- Mountains of Christmas Regularloosely similar widths (46.8 units)
- Rasa Regularloosely similar widths (47.6 units)
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Questions people ask
+Can I edit a PDF that uses Metal?
Yes. Drop the PDF into MythosPDF and click the text. New letters are set in Metal itself, loaded from the open font, so the edit matches the rest of the page.
+Is Metal free to use?
Metal 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 Metal?
By measured letter widths, Ramaraja is the closest match among open fonts (a mean difference of 37.7 units per 1000 em). Text set in one takes almost the same space in the other.
+Which languages does Metal support?
It includes these character sets: Khmer, Latin.
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