Miltonian
Miltonian is a display font in 1 weight. Its lowercase letters are 11% wider than the typical display font. Last updated 16 September 2025.
Editing a PDF that uses Miltonian
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 Miltonian from the widths stored in your PDF, loads the complete open font, and sets your new text in Miltonian itself. The rest of the page is carried over untouched.
Measured metrics
| Average lowercase letter width | 581.3 units per 1000 em |
|---|---|
| Average capital letter width | 748.2 units per 1000 em |
| Word space | 240 units per 1000 em |
| Digits | proportional (digit widths differ) |
| Spacing | proportional |
| Width of i compared with m | 46% |
| Printable ASCII characters covered | 94 of 94 |
| Category | Display |
Weights and styles
Open fonts closest to Miltonian
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.
- Miltonian Tattoo Regularidentical letter widths (0 units)
- Domine Regularloosely similar widths (50.7 units)
- Ribeye Marrow Regularloosely similar widths (52.4 units)
- Ribeye Regularloosely similar widths (52.4 units)
- Montagu Slab Regularloosely similar widths (52.8 units)
- Kiwi Maru Regularloosely similar widths (54.2 units)
- Redaction 20 Regularloosely similar widths (54.5 units)
- Redaction 35 Regularloosely similar widths (54.6 units)
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Questions people ask
+Can I edit a PDF that uses Miltonian?
Yes. Drop the PDF into MythosPDF and click the text. New letters are set in Miltonian itself, loaded from the open font, so the edit matches the rest of the page.
+Is Miltonian free to use?
Miltonian 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 Miltonian?
By measured letter widths, Miltonian Tattoo 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 Miltonian support?
It includes these character sets: Latin.
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