Parastoo
Parastoo is a serif font in 4 weights, also available as a variable font. Its lowercase letters are 24% narrower than the typical serif font. Last updated 29 October 2025.
Editing a PDF that uses Parastoo
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 Parastoo from the widths stored in your PDF, loads the complete open font, and sets your new text in Parastoo itself. The rest of the page is carried over untouched.
Measured metrics
| Average lowercase letter width | 393.6 units per 1000 em |
|---|---|
| Average capital letter width | 501.9 units per 1000 em |
| Word space | 212.7 units per 1000 em |
| Digits | proportional (digit widths differ) |
| Spacing | proportional |
| Width of i compared with m | 31% |
| Printable ASCII characters covered | 94 of 94 |
| Category | Serif |
Weights and styles
Languages beyond basic Latin
Open fonts closest to Parastoo
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.
- Markazi Text Regularloosely similar widths (33.7 units)
- Fira Sans Extra Condensed Regularloosely similar widths (36.8 units)
- Maiden Orange Regularloosely similar widths (38.2 units)
- Lateef Regularloosely similar widths (38.3 units)
- Saira Condensed Regularloosely similar widths (39.4 units)
- Cossette Titre Regularloosely similar widths (39.6 units)
- Cuprum Regularloosely similar widths (40.2 units)
- PT Sans Narrow Regularloosely similar widths (40.5 units)
Compare Parastoo
Questions people ask
+Can I edit a PDF that uses Parastoo?
Yes. Drop the PDF into MythosPDF and click the text. New letters are set in Parastoo itself, loaded from the open font, so the edit matches the rest of the page.
+Is Parastoo free to use?
Parastoo 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 Parastoo?
By measured letter widths, Markazi Text is the closest match among open fonts (a mean difference of 33.7 units per 1000 em). Text set in one takes almost the same space in the other.
+Which languages does Parastoo support?
It includes these character sets: Arabic, Latin, Central European, Vietnamese.
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