Permanent Marker
Permanent Marker is a handwriting font in 1 weight. Its lowercase letters are about as wide as the typical handwriting font. Last updated 30 May 2025.
Editing a PDF that uses Permanent Marker
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 Permanent Marker from the widths stored in your PDF, loads the complete open font, and sets your new text in Permanent Marker itself. The rest of the page is carried over untouched.
Measured metrics
| Average lowercase letter width | 553.9 units per 1000 em |
|---|---|
| Average capital letter width | 674.6 units per 1000 em |
| Word space | 370.1 units per 1000 em |
| Digits | proportional (digit widths differ) |
| Spacing | proportional |
| Width of i compared with m | 39% |
| Printable ASCII characters covered | 94 of 94 |
| Category | Handwriting |
Weights and styles
Open fonts closest to Permanent Marker
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.
- Oxanium Regularloosely similar widths (60.1 units)
- Kantumruy Pro Regularloosely similar widths (64.1 units)
- Walter Turncoat Regularloosely similar widths (64.3 units)
- Work Sans Regularloosely similar widths (65.4 units)
- Ysabeau SC Regularloosely similar widths (66.1 units)
- Red Hat Text Regularloosely similar widths (66.7 units)
- Outfit Regularloosely similar widths (67 units)
- Cossette Texte Regularloosely similar widths (67.2 units)
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Questions people ask
+Can I edit a PDF that uses Permanent Marker?
Yes. Drop the PDF into MythosPDF and click the text. New letters are set in Permanent Marker itself, loaded from the open font, so the edit matches the rest of the page.
+Is Permanent Marker free to use?
Permanent Marker is released under the Apache License 2.0, 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 Permanent Marker?
By measured letter widths, Oxanium is the closest match among open fonts (a mean difference of 60.1 units per 1000 em). Text set in one takes almost the same space in the other.
+Which languages does Permanent Marker support?
It includes these character sets: Latin.
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