Red Rose
Red Rose is a display font in 5 weights, also available as a variable font. Its lowercase letters are 6% wider than the typical display font. Last updated 16 September 2025.
Editing a PDF that uses Red Rose
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 Red Rose from the widths stored in your PDF, loads the complete open font, and sets your new text in Red Rose itself. The rest of the page is carried over untouched.
Measured metrics
| Average lowercase letter width | 554.1 units per 1000 em |
|---|---|
| Average capital letter width | 720 units per 1000 em |
| Word space | 240 units per 1000 em |
| Digits | proportional (digit widths differ) |
| Spacing | proportional |
| Width of i compared with m | 25% |
| Printable ASCII characters covered | 94 of 94 |
| Category | Display |
Weights and styles
Languages beyond basic Latin
Open fonts closest to Red Rose
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.
- Libre Franklin Regularloosely similar widths (45 units)
- Sanchez Regularloosely similar widths (46 units)
- Montagu Slab Regularloosely similar widths (46.5 units)
- Domine Regularloosely similar widths (46.7 units)
- Raleway Regularloosely similar widths (46.8 units)
- Rowdies Regularloosely similar widths (48 units)
- Brygada 1918 Regularloosely similar widths (48 units)
- Platypi Regularloosely similar widths (48.5 units)
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Questions people ask
+Can I edit a PDF that uses Red Rose?
Yes. Drop the PDF into MythosPDF and click the text. New letters are set in Red Rose itself, loaded from the open font, so the edit matches the rest of the page.
+Is Red Rose free to use?
Red Rose 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 Red Rose?
By measured letter widths, Libre Franklin is the closest match among open fonts (a mean difference of 45 units per 1000 em). Text set in one takes almost the same space in the other.
+Which languages does Red Rose support?
It includes these character sets: Latin, Central European, Vietnamese.
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