Secular One
Secular One is a sans serif font in 1 weight. Its lowercase letters are 5% wider than the typical sans serif font. Last updated 8 September 2025.
Editing a PDF that uses Secular 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 Secular One from the widths stored in your PDF, loads the complete open font, and sets your new text in Secular One itself. The rest of the page is carried over untouched.
Measured metrics
| Average lowercase letter width | 546.8 units per 1000 em |
|---|---|
| Average capital letter width | 626.2 units per 1000 em |
| Word space | 200 units per 1000 em |
| Digits | proportional (digit widths differ) |
| Spacing | proportional |
| Width of i compared with m | 42% |
| Printable ASCII characters covered | 94 of 94 |
| Category | Sans serif |
Weights and styles
Languages beyond basic Latin
Open fonts closest to Secular 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.
- Miriam Libre Regularloosely similar widths (38.1 units)
- Gabarito Regularloosely similar widths (42.7 units)
- Khula Regularloosely similar widths (44 units)
- Hind Regularloosely similar widths (47.5 units)
- Hind Siliguri Regularloosely similar widths (47.5 units)
- Hind Mysuru Regularloosely similar widths (47.5 units)
- Hind Guntur Regularloosely similar widths (47.5 units)
- Hind Vadodara Regularloosely similar widths (47.5 units)
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Questions people ask
+Can I edit a PDF that uses Secular One?
Yes. Drop the PDF into MythosPDF and click the text. New letters are set in Secular One itself, loaded from the open font, so the edit matches the rest of the page.
+Is Secular One free to use?
Secular 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 Secular One?
By measured letter widths, Miriam Libre is the closest match among open fonts (a mean difference of 38.1 units per 1000 em). Text set in one takes almost the same space in the other.
+Which languages does Secular One support?
It includes these character sets: Hebrew, Latin, Central European.
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