Phudu
Phudu is a display font in 7 weights, also available as a variable font. Its lowercase letters are about as wide as the typical display font. Last updated 8 September 2025.
Editing a PDF that uses Phudu
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 Phudu from the widths stored in your PDF, loads the complete open font, and sets your new text in Phudu itself. The rest of the page is carried over untouched.
Measured metrics
| Average lowercase letter width | 530.3 units per 1000 em |
|---|---|
| Average capital letter width | 530.3 units per 1000 em |
| Word space | 267 units per 1000 em |
| Digits | proportional (digit widths differ) |
| 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 Phudu
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.
- Mystery Quest Regularloosely similar widths (47.8 units)
- Megrim Regularloosely similar widths (49.7 units)
- Baloo Tamma 2 Regularloosely similar widths (50.8 units)
- Gafata Regularloosely similar widths (51 units)
- Baloo Bhaina 2 Regularloosely similar widths (51.2 units)
- Anek Tamil Regularloosely similar widths (51.4 units)
- Anek Gurmukhi Regularloosely similar widths (51.4 units)
- Reddit Sans Condensed Regularloosely similar widths (51.4 units)
Compare Phudu
Questions people ask
+Can I edit a PDF that uses Phudu?
Yes. Drop the PDF into MythosPDF and click the text. New letters are set in Phudu itself, loaded from the open font, so the edit matches the rest of the page.
+Is Phudu free to use?
Phudu 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 Phudu?
By measured letter widths, Mystery Quest is the closest match among open fonts (a mean difference of 47.8 units per 1000 em). Text set in one takes almost the same space in the other.
+Which languages does Phudu support?
It includes these character sets: Cyrillic Extended, Latin, Central European, Vietnamese.
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