Raleway
Raleway is a sans serif font in 9 weights with italics, also available as a variable font. Its lowercase letters are about as wide as the typical sans serif font. Last updated 10 September 2025.
Editing a PDF that uses Raleway
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 Raleway from the widths stored in your PDF, loads the complete open font, and sets your new text in Raleway itself. The rest of the page is carried over untouched.
Measured metrics
| Average lowercase letter width | 525.9 units per 1000 em |
|---|---|
| Average capital letter width | 668.6 units per 1000 em |
| Word space | 255 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 | Sans serif |
Weights and styles
- Raleway Thin Italic
- Raleway Thin
- Raleway ExtraLight Italic
- Raleway ExtraLight
- Raleway Light Italic
- Raleway Light
- Raleway Italic
- Raleway Regular
- Raleway Medium Italic
- Raleway Medium
- Raleway SemiBold Italic
- Raleway SemiBold
- Raleway Bold Italic
- Raleway Bold
- Raleway ExtraBold Italic
- Raleway ExtraBold
- Raleway Black Italic
- Raleway Black
Languages beyond basic Latin
Open fonts closest to Raleway
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.
- Raleway Dots Regularsimilar widths (15.6 units)
- Libre Franklin Regularloosely similar widths (35 units)
- Public Sans Regularloosely similar widths (37.6 units)
- Questrial Regularloosely similar widths (38.3 units)
- Quicksand Regularloosely similar widths (38.4 units)
- Onest Regularloosely similar widths (39.3 units)
- Quattrocento Regularloosely similar widths (39.9 units)
- Readex Pro Regularloosely similar widths (40.3 units)
Compare Raleway
Questions people ask
+Can I edit a PDF that uses Raleway?
Yes. Drop the PDF into MythosPDF and click the text. New letters are set in Raleway itself, loaded from the open font, so the edit matches the rest of the page.
+Is Raleway free to use?
Raleway 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 Raleway?
By measured letter widths, Raleway Dots is the closest match among open fonts (a mean difference of 15.6 units per 1000 em). Text set in one takes almost the same space in the other.
+Which languages does Raleway support?
It includes these character sets: Cyrillic, Cyrillic Extended, Latin, Central European, Vietnamese.
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