Neuton
Neuton is a serif font in 5 weights with italics. Its lowercase letters are 17% narrower than the typical serif font. Last updated 16 September 2025.
Editing a PDF that uses Neuton
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 Neuton from the widths stored in your PDF, loads the complete open font, and sets your new text in Neuton itself. The rest of the page is carried over untouched.
Measured metrics
| Average lowercase letter width | 430.4 units per 1000 em |
|---|---|
| Average capital letter width | 580.4 units per 1000 em |
| Word space | 148.9 units per 1000 em |
| Digits | tabular (every digit is 479.5 units wide, so columns of numbers line up) |
| Spacing | proportional |
| Width of i compared with m | 34% |
| Printable ASCII characters covered | 94 of 94 |
| Category | Serif |
Weights and styles
Languages beyond basic Latin
Open fonts closest to Neuton
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 Caslon Condensed Regularloosely similar widths (30.3 units)
- Namdhinggo Regularloosely similar widths (33.6 units)
- Suranna Regularloosely similar widths (34.5 units)
- Gupter Regularloosely similar widths (34.5 units)
- Ramaraja Regularloosely similar widths (35 units)
- Cormorant Upright Regularloosely similar widths (36.3 units)
- Cormorant Regularloosely similar widths (37.8 units)
- Cormorant Garamond Regularloosely similar widths (38 units)
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Questions people ask
+Can I edit a PDF that uses Neuton?
Yes. Drop the PDF into MythosPDF and click the text. New letters are set in Neuton itself, loaded from the open font, so the edit matches the rest of the page.
+Is Neuton free to use?
Neuton 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 Neuton?
By measured letter widths, Libre Caslon Condensed is the closest match among open fonts (a mean difference of 30.3 units per 1000 em). Text set in one takes almost the same space in the other.
+Which languages does Neuton support?
It includes these character sets: Latin, Central European.
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