Silkscreen
Silkscreen is a display font in 2 weights. Its lowercase letters are 41% wider than the typical display font. Last updated 8 September 2025.
Editing a PDF that uses Silkscreen
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 Silkscreen from the widths stored in your PDF, loads the complete open font, and sets your new text in Silkscreen itself. The rest of the page is carried over untouched.
Measured metrics
| Average lowercase letter width | 740.4 units per 1000 em |
|---|---|
| Average capital letter width | 740.4 units per 1000 em |
| Word space | 500 units per 1000 em |
| Digits | proportional (digit widths differ) |
| Spacing | proportional |
| Width of i compared with m | 43% |
| Printable ASCII characters covered | 94 of 94 |
| Category | Display |
Weights and styles
Languages beyond basic Latin
Open fonts closest to Silkscreen
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.
- Alien Block Regularloosely similar widths (72.4 units)
- Bungee Hairline Regularloosely similar widths (73.7 units)
- Bungee Tint Regularloosely similar widths (73.7 units)
- Bungee Spice Regularloosely similar widths (73.7 units)
- Bungee Inline Regularloosely similar widths (73.7 units)
- Bungee Outline Regularloosely similar widths (73.7 units)
- Bungee Regularloosely similar widths (73.7 units)
- Bowlby One SC Regularloosely similar widths (80.2 units)
Compare Silkscreen
Questions people ask
+Can I edit a PDF that uses Silkscreen?
Yes. Drop the PDF into MythosPDF and click the text. New letters are set in Silkscreen itself, loaded from the open font, so the edit matches the rest of the page.
+Is Silkscreen free to use?
Silkscreen 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 Silkscreen?
By measured letter widths, Alien Block is the closest match among open fonts (a mean difference of 72.4 units per 1000 em). Text set in one takes almost the same space in the other.
+Which languages does Silkscreen support?
It includes these character sets: Latin, Central European.
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