Montagu Slab
Montagu Slab is a serif font in 7 weights, also available as a variable font. Its lowercase letters are 8% wider than the typical serif font. Last updated 5 September 2025.
Editing a PDF that uses Montagu Slab
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 Montagu Slab from the widths stored in your PDF, loads the complete open font, and sets your new text in Montagu Slab itself. The rest of the page is carried over untouched.
Measured metrics
| Average lowercase letter width | 559.7 units per 1000 em |
|---|---|
| Average capital letter width | 736.3 units per 1000 em |
| Word space | 214 units per 1000 em |
| Digits | proportional (digit widths differ) |
| Spacing | proportional |
| Width of i compared with m | 36% |
| Printable ASCII characters covered | 94 of 94 |
| Category | Serif |
Weights and styles
Languages beyond basic Latin
Open fonts closest to Montagu Slab
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.
- Libre Franklin Regularloosely similar widths (32.1 units)
- Mona Sans Regularloosely similar widths (35.7 units)
- Domine Regularloosely similar widths (36.1 units)
- Public Sans Regularloosely similar widths (36.2 units)
- Piazzolla Regularloosely similar widths (37.8 units)
- Newsreader Regularloosely similar widths (38.3 units)
- Fraunces Regularloosely similar widths (38.7 units)
- Metropolis Regularloosely similar widths (39.5 units)
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Questions people ask
+Can I edit a PDF that uses Montagu Slab?
Yes. Drop the PDF into MythosPDF and click the text. New letters are set in Montagu Slab itself, loaded from the open font, so the edit matches the rest of the page.
+Is Montagu Slab free to use?
Montagu Slab 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 Montagu Slab?
By measured letter widths, Libre Franklin is the closest match among open fonts (a mean difference of 32.1 units per 1000 em). Text set in one takes almost the same space in the other.
+Which languages does Montagu Slab support?
It includes these character sets: Latin, Central European, Vietnamese.
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