Quattrocento
Quattrocento is a serif font in 2 weights. Its lowercase letters are about as wide as the typical serif font. Last updated 5 September 2025.
Editing a PDF that uses Quattrocento
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 Quattrocento from the widths stored in your PDF, loads the complete open font, and sets your new text in Quattrocento itself. The rest of the page is carried over untouched.
Measured metrics
| Average lowercase letter width | 516.6 units per 1000 em |
|---|---|
| Average capital letter width | 650.7 units per 1000 em |
| Word space | 240 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 | Serif |
Weights and styles
Languages beyond basic Latin
Open fonts closest to Quattrocento
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.
- Quattrocento Sans Regularsimilar widths (24.4 units)
- Alike Regularsimilar widths (28.7 units)
- Alike Angular Regularsimilar widths (28.7 units)
- Esteban Regularloosely similar widths (32.5 units)
- Palanquin Dark Regularloosely similar widths (34 units)
- Palanquin Regularloosely similar widths (34 units)
- Zilla Slab Regularloosely similar widths (36 units)
- Ovo Regularloosely similar widths (36.1 units)
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Questions people ask
+Can I edit a PDF that uses Quattrocento?
Yes. Drop the PDF into MythosPDF and click the text. New letters are set in Quattrocento itself, loaded from the open font, so the edit matches the rest of the page.
+Is Quattrocento free to use?
Quattrocento 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 Quattrocento?
By measured letter widths, Quattrocento Sans is the closest match among open fonts (a mean difference of 24.4 units per 1000 em). Text set in one takes almost the same space in the other.
+Which languages does Quattrocento support?
It includes these character sets: Latin, Central European.
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