Saira Stencil One
Saira Stencil One is a display font in 1 weight. Its lowercase letters are 3% wider than the typical display font. Last updated 10 September 2025.
Editing a PDF that uses Saira Stencil 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 Saira Stencil One from the widths stored in your PDF, loads the complete open font, and sets your new text in Saira Stencil One itself. The rest of the page is carried over untouched.
Measured metrics
| Average lowercase letter width | 538.7 units per 1000 em |
|---|---|
| Average capital letter width | 651.5 units per 1000 em |
| Word space | 260 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 | Display |
Weights and styles
Languages beyond basic Latin
Open fonts closest to Saira Stencil 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.
- Saira Regularnearly identical widths (4.6 units)
- Saira Stencil Regularnearly identical widths (4.6 units)
- Exo 2 Regularloosely similar widths (32.4 units)
- Averia Libre Regularloosely similar widths (33.2 units)
- Exo Regularloosely similar widths (33.2 units)
- Murecho Regularloosely similar widths (33.6 units)
- Reddit Sans Regularloosely similar widths (33.9 units)
- Golos Text Regularloosely similar widths (34.5 units)
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Questions people ask
+Can I edit a PDF that uses Saira Stencil One?
Yes. Drop the PDF into MythosPDF and click the text. New letters are set in Saira Stencil One itself, loaded from the open font, so the edit matches the rest of the page.
+Is Saira Stencil One free to use?
Saira Stencil 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 Saira Stencil One?
By measured letter widths, Saira is the closest match among open fonts (a mean difference of 4.6 units per 1000 em). Text set in one takes almost the same space in the other.
+Which languages does Saira Stencil One support?
It includes these character sets: Latin, Central European, Vietnamese.
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