Nanum Pen Script
Nanum Pen Script is a handwriting font in 1 weight. Its lowercase letters are 30% narrower than the typical handwriting font. Last updated 30 May 2025.
Editing a PDF that uses Nanum Pen Script
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 Nanum Pen Script from the widths stored in your PDF, loads the complete open font, and sets your new text in Nanum Pen Script itself. The rest of the page is carried over untouched.
Measured metrics
| Average lowercase letter width | 385 units per 1000 em |
|---|---|
| Average capital letter width | 436.3 units per 1000 em |
| Word space | 280 units per 1000 em |
| Digits | proportional (digit widths differ) |
| Spacing | proportional |
| Width of i compared with m | 39% |
| Printable ASCII characters covered | 94 of 94 |
| Category | Handwriting |
Weights and styles
Languages beyond basic Latin
Open fonts closest to Nanum Pen Script
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.
- Nanum Brush Script Regularloosely similar widths (40.5 units)
- Hi Melody Regularloosely similar widths (41.5 units)
- Saira Extra Condensed Regularloosely similar widths (45.3 units)
- East Sea Dokdo Regularloosely similar widths (49.1 units)
- Rationale Regularloosely similar widths (50.1 units)
- Big Shoulders Stencil Text Regularloosely similar widths (51.1 units)
- Big Shoulders Stencil Regularloosely similar widths (51.2 units)
- Big Shoulders Text Regularloosely similar widths (51.8 units)
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Questions people ask
+Can I edit a PDF that uses Nanum Pen Script?
Yes. Drop the PDF into MythosPDF and click the text. New letters are set in Nanum Pen Script itself, loaded from the open font, so the edit matches the rest of the page.
+Is Nanum Pen Script free to use?
Nanum Pen Script 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 Nanum Pen Script?
By measured letter widths, Nanum Brush Script is the closest match among open fonts (a mean difference of 40.5 units per 1000 em). Text set in one takes almost the same space in the other.
+Which languages does Nanum Pen Script support?
It includes these character sets: Korean, Latin.
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