Micro 5 Charted
Micro 5 Charted is a display font in 1 weight. Its lowercase letters are 33% narrower than the typical display font. Last updated 30 May 2025.
Editing a PDF that uses Micro 5 Charted
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 Micro 5 Charted from the widths stored in your PDF, loads the complete open font, and sets your new text in Micro 5 Charted itself. The rest of the page is carried over untouched.
Measured metrics
| Average lowercase letter width | 349.7 units per 1000 em |
|---|---|
| Average capital letter width | 360.1 units per 1000 em |
| Word space | 272.7 units per 1000 em |
| Digits | proportional (digit widths differ) |
| Spacing | proportional |
| Width of i compared with m | 33% |
| Printable ASCII characters covered | 94 of 94 |
| Category | Display |
Weights and styles
Languages beyond basic Latin
Open fonts closest to Micro 5 Charted
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.
- Micro 5 Regularidentical letter widths (0 units)
- Big Shoulders Inline Display Regularloosely similar widths (32.3 units)
- Big Shoulders Display Regularloosely similar widths (33.7 units)
- Smooch Sans Regularloosely similar widths (34.2 units)
- Big Shoulders Stencil Display Regularloosely similar widths (34.2 units)
- Teko Regularloosely similar widths (36.1 units)
- Big Shoulders Regularloosely similar widths (36.2 units)
- Big Shoulders Stencil Regularloosely similar widths (36.2 units)
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Questions people ask
+Can I edit a PDF that uses Micro 5 Charted?
Yes. Drop the PDF into MythosPDF and click the text. New letters are set in Micro 5 Charted itself, loaded from the open font, so the edit matches the rest of the page.
+Is Micro 5 Charted free to use?
Micro 5 Charted 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 Micro 5 Charted?
By measured letter widths, Micro 5 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 Micro 5 Charted support?
It includes these character sets: Latin, Central European, Math symbols, Symbols.
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