Piedra
Piedra is a display font in 1 weight. Its lowercase letters are 12% narrower than the typical display font. Last updated 5 September 2025.
Editing a PDF that uses Piedra
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 Piedra from the widths stored in your PDF, loads the complete open font, and sets your new text in Piedra itself. The rest of the page is carried over untouched.
Measured metrics
| Average lowercase letter width | 460.4 units per 1000 em |
|---|---|
| Average capital letter width | 574.5 units per 1000 em |
| Word space | 230 units per 1000 em |
| Digits | proportional (digit widths differ) |
| Spacing | proportional |
| Width of i compared with m | 34% |
| Printable ASCII characters covered | 94 of 94 |
| Category | Display |
Weights and styles
Languages beyond basic Latin
Open fonts closest to Piedra
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.
- Stylish Regularloosely similar widths (41 units)
- Roboto Condensed Regularloosely similar widths (41.8 units)
- Bubblegum Sans Regularloosely similar widths (43.5 units)
- Anek Telugu Regularloosely similar widths (43.6 units)
- Kreon Regularloosely similar widths (43.6 units)
- Anek Malayalam Regularloosely similar widths (43.6 units)
- Anek Kannada Regularloosely similar widths (43.6 units)
- Anek Devanagari Regularloosely similar widths (43.7 units)
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Questions people ask
+Can I edit a PDF that uses Piedra?
Yes. Drop the PDF into MythosPDF and click the text. New letters are set in Piedra itself, loaded from the open font, so the edit matches the rest of the page.
+Is Piedra free to use?
Piedra 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 Piedra?
By measured letter widths, Stylish is the closest match among open fonts (a mean difference of 41 units per 1000 em). Text set in one takes almost the same space in the other.
+Which languages does Piedra support?
It includes these character sets: Latin, Central European.
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