Stardos Stencil
Stardos Stencil is a display font in 2 weights. Its lowercase letters are 7% narrower than the typical display font. Last updated 30 May 2025.
Editing a PDF that uses Stardos Stencil
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 Stardos Stencil from the widths stored in your PDF, loads the complete open font, and sets your new text in Stardos Stencil itself. The rest of the page is carried over untouched.
Measured metrics
| Average lowercase letter width | 487.5 units per 1000 em |
|---|---|
| Average capital letter width | 630.3 units per 1000 em |
| Word space | 257.8 units per 1000 em |
| Digits | tabular (every digit is 514.6 units wide, so columns of numbers line up) |
| Spacing | proportional |
| Width of i compared with m | 37% |
| Printable ASCII characters covered | 94 of 94 |
| Category | Display |
Weights and styles
Open fonts closest to Stardos Stencil
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.
- Annapurna SIL Regularloosely similar widths (40.3 units)
- Alyamama Regularloosely similar widths (41.2 units)
- STIX Two Text Regularloosely similar widths (41.7 units)
- Ancizar Serif Regularloosely similar widths (42.7 units)
- STIX Two Math Regularloosely similar widths (42.8 units)
- Averia Gruesa Libre Regularloosely similar widths (42.9 units)
- Song Myung Regularloosely similar widths (43.1 units)
- Averia Libre Regularloosely similar widths (43.4 units)
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Questions people ask
+Can I edit a PDF that uses Stardos Stencil?
Yes. Drop the PDF into MythosPDF and click the text. New letters are set in Stardos Stencil itself, loaded from the open font, so the edit matches the rest of the page.
+Is Stardos Stencil free to use?
Stardos Stencil 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 Stardos Stencil?
By measured letter widths, Annapurna SIL is the closest match among open fonts (a mean difference of 40.3 units per 1000 em). Text set in one takes almost the same space in the other.
+Which languages does Stardos Stencil support?
It includes these character sets: Latin.
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