Purple Purse
Purple Purse is a display font in 1 weight. Its lowercase letters are 4% narrower than the typical display font. Last updated 10 September 2025.
Editing a PDF that uses Purple Purse
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 Purple Purse from the widths stored in your PDF, loads the complete open font, and sets your new text in Purple Purse itself. The rest of the page is carried over untouched.
Measured metrics
| Average lowercase letter width | 505.5 units per 1000 em |
|---|---|
| Average capital letter width | 758.1 units per 1000 em |
| Word space | 259.8 units per 1000 em |
| Digits | proportional (digit widths differ) |
| Spacing | proportional |
| Width of i compared with m | 37% |
| Printable ASCII characters covered | 94 of 94 |
| Category | Display |
Weights and styles
Languages beyond basic Latin
Open fonts closest to Purple Purse
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.
- Newsreader Regularloosely similar widths (55.4 units)
- Milonga Regularloosely similar widths (55.5 units)
- Edu AU VIC WA NT Dots Regularloosely similar widths (58.1 units)
- Fraunces Regularloosely similar widths (58.9 units)
- Piazzolla Regularloosely similar widths (59 units)
- Edu AU VIC WA NT Arrows Regularloosely similar widths (59.5 units)
- Monda Regularloosely similar widths (59.9 units)
- Domine Regularloosely similar widths (61.1 units)
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Questions people ask
+Can I edit a PDF that uses Purple Purse?
Yes. Drop the PDF into MythosPDF and click the text. New letters are set in Purple Purse itself, loaded from the open font, so the edit matches the rest of the page.
+Is Purple Purse free to use?
Purple Purse 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 Purple Purse?
By measured letter widths, Newsreader is the closest match among open fonts (a mean difference of 55.4 units per 1000 em). Text set in one takes almost the same space in the other.
+Which languages does Purple Purse support?
It includes these character sets: Latin, Central European.
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