Russo One
Russo One is a sans serif font in 1 weight. Its lowercase letters are 11% wider than the typical sans serif font. Last updated 16 September 2025.
Editing a PDF that uses Russo One
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 Russo One from the widths stored in your PDF, loads the complete open font, and sets your new text in Russo One itself. The rest of the page is carried over untouched.
Measured metrics
| Average lowercase letter width | 574 units per 1000 em |
|---|---|
| Average capital letter width | 685 units per 1000 em |
| Word space | 300 units per 1000 em |
| Digits | proportional (digit widths differ) |
| Spacing | proportional |
| Width of i compared with m | 35% |
| Printable ASCII characters covered | 94 of 94 |
| Category | Sans serif |
Weights and styles
Languages beyond basic Latin
Open fonts closest to Russo One
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.
- Yeseva One Regularsimilar widths (27 units)
- Mozilla Text Regularsimilar widths (29.4 units)
- Exo 2 Regularsimilar widths (29.6 units)
- Numans Regularloosely similar widths (30.6 units)
- Gotu Regularloosely similar widths (33.2 units)
- Geist Regularloosely similar widths (33.7 units)
- Rubik Regularloosely similar widths (34.8 units)
- Bitter Regularloosely similar widths (35 units)
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Questions people ask
+Can I edit a PDF that uses Russo One?
Yes. Drop the PDF into MythosPDF and click the text. New letters are set in Russo One itself, loaded from the open font, so the edit matches the rest of the page.
+Is Russo One free to use?
Russo One 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 Russo One?
By measured letter widths, Yeseva One is the closest match among open fonts (a mean difference of 27 units per 1000 em). Text set in one takes almost the same space in the other.
+Which languages does Russo One support?
It includes these character sets: Cyrillic, Latin, Central European.
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