Overlock
Overlock is a display font in 3 weights with italics. Its lowercase letters are 14% narrower than the typical display font. Last updated 5 September 2025.
Editing a PDF that uses Overlock
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 Overlock from the widths stored in your PDF, loads the complete open font, and sets your new text in Overlock itself. The rest of the page is carried over untouched.
Measured metrics
| Average lowercase letter width | 452.5 units per 1000 em |
|---|---|
| Average capital letter width | 558.8 units per 1000 em |
| Word space | 230 units per 1000 em |
| Digits | tabular (every digit is 535 units wide, so columns of numbers line up) |
| Spacing | proportional |
| Width of i compared with m | 28% |
| Printable ASCII characters covered | 94 of 94 |
| Category | Display |
Weights and styles
Languages beyond basic Latin
Open fonts closest to Overlock
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.
- Overlock SC Regularsimilar widths (27.2 units)
- Khula Regularloosely similar widths (32.3 units)
- Noto Sans Display Regularloosely similar widths (32.5 units)
- Carlito Regularloosely similar widths (33.8 units)
- Carrois Gothic Regularloosely similar widths (33.9 units)
- Galdeano Regularloosely similar widths (34.8 units)
- Ancizar Sans Regularloosely similar widths (35.1 units)
- Afacad Flux Regularloosely similar widths (35.5 units)
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Questions people ask
+Can I edit a PDF that uses Overlock?
Yes. Drop the PDF into MythosPDF and click the text. New letters are set in Overlock itself, loaded from the open font, so the edit matches the rest of the page.
+Is Overlock free to use?
Overlock 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 Overlock?
By measured letter widths, Overlock SC is the closest match among open fonts (a mean difference of 27.2 units per 1000 em). Text set in one takes almost the same space in the other.
+Which languages does Overlock support?
It includes these character sets: Latin, Central European.
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