Oleo Script
Oleo Script is a display font in 2 weights. Its lowercase letters are 18% narrower than the typical display font. Last updated 16 September 2025.
Editing a PDF that uses Oleo 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 Oleo Script from the widths stored in your PDF, loads the complete open font, and sets your new text in Oleo Script itself. The rest of the page is carried over untouched.
Measured metrics
| Average lowercase letter width | 429.9 units per 1000 em |
|---|---|
| Average capital letter width | 591.7 units per 1000 em |
| Word space | 200 units per 1000 em |
| Digits | proportional (digit widths differ) |
| Spacing | proportional |
| Width of i compared with m | 37% |
| Printable ASCII characters covered | 94 of 94 |
| Category | Display |
Weights and styles
Languages beyond basic Latin
Open fonts closest to Oleo 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.
- Oleo Script Swash Caps Regularsimilar widths (19.4 units)
- Stylish Regularloosely similar widths (37.1 units)
- Akaya Kanadaka Regularloosely similar widths (39 units)
- Akaya Telivigala Regularloosely similar widths (39.2 units)
- Crimson Pro Regularloosely similar widths (39.4 units)
- Sree Krushnadevaraya Regularloosely similar widths (40.8 units)
- Hubballi Regularloosely similar widths (41.1 units)
- Yrsa Regularloosely similar widths (42.4 units)
Compare Oleo Script
Questions people ask
+Can I edit a PDF that uses Oleo Script?
Yes. Drop the PDF into MythosPDF and click the text. New letters are set in Oleo Script itself, loaded from the open font, so the edit matches the rest of the page.
+Is Oleo Script free to use?
Oleo 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 Oleo Script?
By measured letter widths, Oleo Script Swash Caps is the closest match among open fonts (a mean difference of 19.4 units per 1000 em). Text set in one takes almost the same space in the other.
+Which languages does Oleo Script support?
It includes these character sets: Latin, Central European.
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