Plaster
Plaster is a display font in 1 weight. Its lowercase letters are 41% wider than the typical display font. Last updated 16 September 2025.
Editing a PDF that uses Plaster
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 Plaster from the widths stored in your PDF, loads the complete open font, and sets your new text in Plaster itself. The rest of the page is carried over untouched.
Measured metrics
| Average lowercase letter width | 739.6 units per 1000 em |
|---|---|
| Average capital letter width | 774.6 units per 1000 em |
| Word space | 500.5 units per 1000 em |
| Digits | proportional (digit widths differ) |
| Spacing | proportional |
| Width of i compared with m | 36% |
| Printable ASCII characters covered | 94 of 94 |
| Category | Display |
Weights and styles
Languages beyond basic Latin
Open fonts closest to Plaster
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.
- Alien Block Regularloosely similar widths (92.6 units)
- Arbutus Regularloosely similar widths (94.7 units)
- Revalia Regularloosely similar widths (94.9 units)
- Silkscreen Regularloosely similar widths (96.1 units)
- Science Gothic Regularloosely similar widths (100.1 units)
- Faster One Regularloosely similar widths (100.4 units)
- Bungee Shade Regularloosely similar widths (101.7 units)
- Coda Caption ExtraBoldloosely similar widths (101.9 units)
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Questions people ask
+Can I edit a PDF that uses Plaster?
Yes. Drop the PDF into MythosPDF and click the text. New letters are set in Plaster itself, loaded from the open font, so the edit matches the rest of the page.
+Is Plaster free to use?
Plaster 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 Plaster?
By measured letter widths, Alien Block is the closest match among open fonts (a mean difference of 92.6 units per 1000 em). Text set in one takes almost the same space in the other.
+Which languages does Plaster support?
It includes these character sets: Latin, Central European.
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