Shizuru
Shizuru is a display font in 1 weight. Its lowercase letters are 12% narrower than the typical display font. Last updated 10 September 2025.
Editing a PDF that uses Shizuru
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 Shizuru from the widths stored in your PDF, loads the complete open font, and sets your new text in Shizuru itself. The rest of the page is carried over untouched.
Measured metrics
| Average lowercase letter width | 459.7 units per 1000 em |
|---|---|
| Average capital letter width | 647.6 units per 1000 em |
| Word space | 1000 units per 1000 em |
| Digits | proportional (digit widths differ) |
| Spacing | proportional |
| Width of i compared with m | 41% |
| Printable ASCII characters covered | 94 of 94 |
| Category | Display |
Weights and styles
Languages beyond basic Latin
Open fonts closest to Shizuru
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.
- Risque Regularloosely similar widths (77.8 units)
- Darumadrop One Regularloosely similar widths (83.3 units)
- Spicy Rice Regularloosely similar widths (84.6 units)
- Miniver Regularloosely similar widths (85.9 units)
- Darker Grotesque Regularloosely similar widths (86.4 units)
- Kavivanar Regularloosely similar widths (88.7 units)
- Tuffy Regularloosely similar widths (88.9 units)
- Dosis Regularloosely similar widths (90.1 units)
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Questions people ask
+Can I edit a PDF that uses Shizuru?
Yes. Drop the PDF into MythosPDF and click the text. New letters are set in Shizuru itself, loaded from the open font, so the edit matches the rest of the page.
+Is Shizuru free to use?
Shizuru 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 Shizuru?
By measured letter widths, Risque is the closest match among open fonts (a mean difference of 77.8 units per 1000 em). Text set in one takes almost the same space in the other.
+Which languages does Shizuru support?
It includes these character sets: Japanese, Latin.
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