Newsreader
Newsreader is a serif font in 7 weights with italics, also available as a variable font. Its lowercase letters are 6% narrower than the typical serif font. Last updated 8 September 2025.
Editing a PDF that uses Newsreader
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 Newsreader from the widths stored in your PDF, loads the complete open font, and sets your new text in Newsreader itself. The rest of the page is carried over untouched.
Measured metrics
| Average lowercase letter width | 485.6 units per 1000 em |
|---|---|
| Average capital letter width | 690.9 units per 1000 em |
| Word space | 229 units per 1000 em |
| Digits | tabular (every digit is 566.5 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 Newsreader
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.
- Averia Serif Libre Regularsimilar widths (27.6 units)
- Lato Regularsimilar widths (29.5 units)
- Gulzar Regularloosely similar widths (31.9 units)
- Copse Regularloosely similar widths (32.8 units)
- Taviraj Regularloosely similar widths (34.2 units)
- Aleo Regularloosely similar widths (34.2 units)
- Zilla Slab Regularloosely similar widths (34.4 units)
- Redaction Regularloosely similar widths (35.1 units)
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Questions people ask
+Can I edit a PDF that uses Newsreader?
Yes. Drop the PDF into MythosPDF and click the text. New letters are set in Newsreader itself, loaded from the open font, so the edit matches the rest of the page.
+Is Newsreader free to use?
Newsreader 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 Newsreader?
By measured letter widths, Averia Serif Libre is the closest match among open fonts (a mean difference of 27.6 units per 1000 em). Text set in one takes almost the same space in the other.
+Which languages does Newsreader support?
It includes these character sets: Latin, Central European, Vietnamese.
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