Montserrat Alternates
Montserrat Alternates is a sans serif font in 9 weights with italics. Its lowercase letters are 13% wider than the typical sans serif font. Last updated 5 September 2025.
Editing a PDF that uses Montserrat Alternates
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 Montserrat Alternates from the widths stored in your PDF, loads the complete open font, and sets your new text in Montserrat Alternates itself. The rest of the page is carried over untouched.
Measured metrics
| Average lowercase letter width | 588.1 units per 1000 em |
|---|---|
| Average capital letter width | 742.3 units per 1000 em |
| Word space | 262 units per 1000 em |
| Digits | proportional (digit widths differ) |
| Spacing | proportional |
| Width of i compared with m | 25% |
| Printable ASCII characters covered | 94 of 94 |
| Category | Sans serif |
Weights and styles
- Montserrat Alternates Thin Italic
- Montserrat Alternates Thin
- Montserrat Alternates ExtraLight Italic
- Montserrat Alternates ExtraLight
- Montserrat Alternates Light Italic
- Montserrat Alternates Light
- Montserrat Alternates Italic
- Montserrat Alternates Regular
- Montserrat Alternates Medium Italic
- Montserrat Alternates Medium
- Montserrat Alternates SemiBold Italic
- Montserrat Alternates SemiBold
- Montserrat Alternates Bold Italic
- Montserrat Alternates Bold
- Montserrat Alternates ExtraBold Italic
- Montserrat Alternates ExtraBold
- Montserrat Alternates Black Italic
- Montserrat Alternates Black
Languages beyond basic Latin
Open fonts closest to Montserrat Alternates
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.
- Montserrat Underline Regularvery close widths (13.5 units)
- Montserrat Regularvery close widths (13.5 units)
- Alexandria Regularloosely similar widths (37.3 units)
- Argentum Sans Regularloosely similar widths (39 units)
- Amiko Regularloosely similar widths (46.1 units)
- Encode Sans Expanded Regularloosely similar widths (46.3 units)
- MuseoModerno Regularloosely similar widths (47.3 units)
- Tienne Regularloosely similar widths (48.1 units)
Compare Montserrat Alternates
Questions people ask
+Can I edit a PDF that uses Montserrat Alternates?
Yes. Drop the PDF into MythosPDF and click the text. New letters are set in Montserrat Alternates itself, loaded from the open font, so the edit matches the rest of the page.
+Is Montserrat Alternates free to use?
Montserrat Alternates 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 Montserrat Alternates?
By measured letter widths, Montserrat Underline is the closest match among open fonts (a mean difference of 13.5 units per 1000 em). Text set in one takes almost the same space in the other.
+Which languages does Montserrat Alternates support?
It includes these character sets: Cyrillic, Cyrillic Extended, Latin, Central European, Vietnamese.
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