Poiret One
Poiret One is a display font in 1 weight. Its lowercase letters are 12% narrower than the typical display font. Last updated 11 September 2025.
Editing a PDF that uses Poiret One
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 Poiret One from the widths stored in your PDF, loads the complete open font, and sets your new text in Poiret One itself. The rest of the page is carried over untouched.
Measured metrics
| Average lowercase letter width | 459.3 units per 1000 em |
|---|---|
| Average capital letter width | 581.3 units per 1000 em |
| Word space | 350 units per 1000 em |
| Digits | proportional (digit widths differ) |
| Spacing | proportional |
| Width of i compared with m | 24% |
| Printable ASCII characters covered | 94 of 94 |
| Category | Display |
Weights and styles
Languages beyond basic Latin
Open fonts closest to Poiret One
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.
- DM Sans Regularloosely similar widths (74.4 units)
- Quattrocento Sans Regularloosely similar widths (75.4 units)
- Reddit Sans Regularloosely similar widths (76.1 units)
- Thasadith Regularloosely similar widths (76.8 units)
- Kulim Park Regularloosely similar widths (77.1 units)
- Reddit Sans Condensed Regularloosely similar widths (77.8 units)
- Forum Regularloosely similar widths (78 units)
- Special Gothic Regularloosely similar widths (78.3 units)
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Questions people ask
+Can I edit a PDF that uses Poiret One?
Yes. Drop the PDF into MythosPDF and click the text. New letters are set in Poiret One itself, loaded from the open font, so the edit matches the rest of the page.
+Is Poiret One free to use?
Poiret One 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 Poiret One?
By measured letter widths, DM Sans is the closest match among open fonts (a mean difference of 74.4 units per 1000 em). Text set in one takes almost the same space in the other.
+Which languages does Poiret One support?
It includes these character sets: Cyrillic, Latin, Central European.
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