Rock Salt
Rock Salt is a handwriting font in 1 weight. Its lowercase letters are 27% wider than the typical handwriting font. Last updated 8 September 2025.
Editing a PDF that uses Rock Salt
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 Rock Salt from the widths stored in your PDF, loads the complete open font, and sets your new text in Rock Salt itself. The rest of the page is carried over untouched.
Measured metrics
| Average lowercase letter width | 695.7 units per 1000 em |
|---|---|
| Average capital letter width | 899.8 units per 1000 em |
| Word space | 410.2 units per 1000 em |
| Digits | proportional (digit widths differ) |
| Spacing | proportional |
| Width of i compared with m | 31% |
| Printable ASCII characters covered | 94 of 94 |
| Category | Handwriting |
Weights and styles
Open fonts closest to Rock Salt
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.
- Zalando Sans Expanded Regularloosely similar widths (117.1 units)
- Zen Dots Regularloosely similar widths (124.5 units)
- Mochiy Pop One Regularloosely similar widths (125.4 units)
- Mochiy Pop P One Regularloosely similar widths (125.4 units)
- BIZ UDPGothic Regularloosely similar widths (126.6 units)
- Arbutus Regularloosely similar widths (126.7 units)
- Science Gothic Regularloosely similar widths (128.5 units)
- BIZ UDPMincho Regularloosely similar widths (129.8 units)
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Questions people ask
+Can I edit a PDF that uses Rock Salt?
Yes. Drop the PDF into MythosPDF and click the text. New letters are set in Rock Salt itself, loaded from the open font, so the edit matches the rest of the page.
+Is Rock Salt free to use?
Rock Salt is released under the Apache License 2.0, 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 Rock Salt?
By measured letter widths, Zalando Sans Expanded is the closest match among open fonts (a mean difference of 117.1 units per 1000 em). Text set in one takes almost the same space in the other.
+Which languages does Rock Salt support?
It includes these character sets: Latin.
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