Monoton
Monoton is a display font in 1 weight. Its lowercase letters are 44% wider than the typical display font. Last updated 16 September 2025.
Editing a PDF that uses Monoton
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 Monoton from the widths stored in your PDF, loads the complete open font, and sets your new text in Monoton itself. The rest of the page is carried over untouched.
Measured metrics
| Average lowercase letter width | 756.5 units per 1000 em |
|---|---|
| Average capital letter width | 811.4 units per 1000 em |
| Word space | 108.4 units per 1000 em |
| Digits | proportional (digit widths differ) |
| Spacing | proportional |
| Width of i compared with m | 29% |
| Printable ASCII characters covered | 94 of 94 |
| Category | Display |
Weights and styles
Languages beyond basic Latin
Open fonts closest to Monoton
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.
- Unbounded Regularloosely similar widths (77.7 units)
- Pathway Extreme Regularloosely similar widths (78 units)
- Special Gothic Expanded One Regularloosely similar widths (80.9 units)
- Encode Sans Expanded Regularloosely similar widths (83 units)
- Sigmar One Regularloosely similar widths (83.3 units)
- Ultra Regularloosely similar widths (86.6 units)
- Cinzel Decorative Regularloosely similar widths (86.6 units)
- Syncopate Regularloosely similar widths (88.1 units)
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Questions people ask
+Can I edit a PDF that uses Monoton?
Yes. Drop the PDF into MythosPDF and click the text. New letters are set in Monoton itself, loaded from the open font, so the edit matches the rest of the page.
+Is Monoton free to use?
Monoton 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 Monoton?
By measured letter widths, Unbounded is the closest match among open fonts (a mean difference of 77.7 units per 1000 em). Text set in one takes almost the same space in the other.
+Which languages does Monoton support?
It includes these character sets: Latin, Central European.
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