Puritan
Puritan is a sans serif font in 2 weights with italics. Its lowercase letters are 10% narrower than the typical sans serif font. Last updated 10 September 2025.
Editing a PDF that uses Puritan
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 Puritan from the widths stored in your PDF, loads the complete open font, and sets your new text in Puritan itself. The rest of the page is carried over untouched.
Measured metrics
| Average lowercase letter width | 467.5 units per 1000 em |
|---|---|
| Average capital letter width | 538 units per 1000 em |
| Word space | 272.5 units per 1000 em |
| Digits | proportional (digit widths differ) |
| Spacing | proportional |
| Width of i compared with m | 30% |
| Printable ASCII characters covered | 94 of 94 |
| Category | Sans serif |
Weights and styles
Open fonts closest to Puritan
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.
- Roboto Condensed Regularloosely similar widths (40.2 units)
- Rambla Regularloosely similar widths (42 units)
- Gafata Regularloosely similar widths (42.9 units)
- Strait Regularloosely similar widths (42.9 units)
- Stylish Regularloosely similar widths (42.9 units)
- Fira Sans Condensed Regularloosely similar widths (43.8 units)
- Mukta Regularloosely similar widths (44 units)
- Mukta Vaani Regularloosely similar widths (44.1 units)
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Questions people ask
+Can I edit a PDF that uses Puritan?
Yes. Drop the PDF into MythosPDF and click the text. New letters are set in Puritan itself, loaded from the open font, so the edit matches the rest of the page.
+Is Puritan free to use?
Puritan 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 Puritan?
By measured letter widths, Roboto Condensed is the closest match among open fonts (a mean difference of 40.2 units per 1000 em). Text set in one takes almost the same space in the other.
+Which languages does Puritan support?
It includes these character sets: Latin.
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