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Spectral SC

Spectral SC is a serif font in 7 weights with italics. Its lowercase letters are 3% narrower than the typical serif font. Last updated 2 September 2025.

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Spectral SC Regular
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Editing a PDF that uses Spectral SC

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 Spectral SC from the widths stored in your PDF, loads the complete open font, and sets your new text in Spectral SC itself. The rest of the page is carried over untouched.

Measured metrics

Average lowercase letter width502.4 units per 1000 em
Average capital letter width707.5 units per 1000 em
Word space250 units per 1000 em
Digitstabular (every digit is 500 units wide, so columns of numbers line up)
Spacingproportional
Width of i compared with m36%
Printable ASCII characters covered94 of 94
CategorySerif

Weights and styles

Languages beyond basic Latin

Open fonts closest to Spectral SC

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.

  1. Spectral Regularidentical letter widths (0 units)
  2. Martel Sans Regularloosely similar widths (35.8 units)
  3. Libertinus Serif Regularloosely similar widths (37.2 units)
  4. Averia Serif Libre Regularloosely similar widths (37.8 units)
  5. Libertinus Sans Regularloosely similar widths (37.9 units)
  6. Tinos Regularloosely similar widths (38.2 units)
  7. Newsreader Regularloosely similar widths (38.4 units)
  8. Baskervville Regularloosely similar widths (38.5 units)

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Questions people ask

+Can I edit a PDF that uses Spectral SC?

Yes. Drop the PDF into MythosPDF and click the text. New letters are set in Spectral SC itself, loaded from the open font, so the edit matches the rest of the page.

+Is Spectral SC free to use?

Spectral SC 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 Spectral SC?

By measured letter widths, Spectral is the closest match among open fonts (a mean difference of 0 units per 1000 em). Text set in one takes almost the same space in the other.

+Which languages does Spectral SC support?

It includes these character sets: Cyrillic, Cyrillic Extended, Latin, Central European, Vietnamese.

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