Ruwudu
Ruwudu is a serif font in 4 weights. Its lowercase letters are 9% narrower than the typical serif font. Last updated 30 May 2025.
Editing a PDF that uses Ruwudu
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 Ruwudu from the widths stored in your PDF, loads the complete open font, and sets your new text in Ruwudu itself. The rest of the page is carried over untouched.
Measured metrics
| Average lowercase letter width | 471.4 units per 1000 em |
|---|---|
| Average capital letter width | 641.8 units per 1000 em |
| Word space | 230 units per 1000 em |
| Digits | tabular (every digit is 530 units wide, so columns of numbers line up) |
| Spacing | proportional |
| Width of i compared with m | 33% |
| Printable ASCII characters covered | 94 of 94 |
| Category | Serif |
Weights and styles
Languages beyond basic Latin
Open fonts closest to Ruwudu
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.
- Fenix Regularloosely similar widths (34.1 units)
- Averia Gruesa Libre Regularloosely similar widths (35.6 units)
- Frank Ruhl Libre Regularloosely similar widths (35.8 units)
- Ysabeau Office Regularloosely similar widths (35.8 units)
- Amiri Regularloosely similar widths (36 units)
- Averia Libre Regularloosely similar widths (36.1 units)
- Esteban Regularloosely similar widths (36.1 units)
- Newsreader Regularloosely similar widths (36.3 units)
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Questions people ask
+Can I edit a PDF that uses Ruwudu?
Yes. Drop the PDF into MythosPDF and click the text. New letters are set in Ruwudu itself, loaded from the open font, so the edit matches the rest of the page.
+Is Ruwudu free to use?
Ruwudu 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 Ruwudu?
By measured letter widths, Fenix is the closest match among open fonts (a mean difference of 34.1 units per 1000 em). Text set in one takes almost the same space in the other.
+Which languages does Ruwudu support?
It includes these character sets: Arabic, Latin, Central European.
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