Poor Story
Poor Story is a display font in 1 weight. Its lowercase letters are 24% narrower than the typical display font. Last updated 8 September 2025.
Editing a PDF that uses Poor Story
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 Poor Story from the widths stored in your PDF, loads the complete open font, and sets your new text in Poor Story itself. The rest of the page is carried over untouched.
Measured metrics
| Average lowercase letter width | 399.5 units per 1000 em |
|---|---|
| Average capital letter width | 506.8 units per 1000 em |
| Word space | 253.9 units per 1000 em |
| Digits | proportional (digit widths differ) |
| Spacing | proportional |
| Width of i compared with m | 32% |
| Printable ASCII characters covered | 94 of 94 |
| Category | Display |
Weights and styles
Languages beyond basic Latin
Open fonts closest to Poor Story
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.
- Single Day Regularloosely similar widths (51.8 units)
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- Jersey 25 Charted Regularloosely similar widths (52.9 units)
- Gamja Flower Regularloosely similar widths (53.7 units)
- Mohave Regularloosely similar widths (53.8 units)
- Barlow Condensed Regularloosely similar widths (54.7 units)
- Londrina Outline Regularloosely similar widths (55.6 units)
- Londrina Sketch Regularloosely similar widths (55.6 units)
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Questions people ask
+Can I edit a PDF that uses Poor Story?
Yes. Drop the PDF into MythosPDF and click the text. New letters are set in Poor Story itself, loaded from the open font, so the edit matches the rest of the page.
+Is Poor Story free to use?
Poor Story 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 Poor Story?
By measured letter widths, Single Day is the closest match among open fonts (a mean difference of 51.8 units per 1000 em). Text set in one takes almost the same space in the other.
+Which languages does Poor Story support?
It includes these character sets: Korean, Latin.
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