Tajawal
Tajawal is a sans serif font in 7 weights. Its lowercase letters are 10% narrower than the typical sans serif font. Last updated 8 September 2025.
Editing a PDF that uses Tajawal
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 Tajawal from the widths stored in your PDF, loads the complete open font, and sets your new text in Tajawal itself. The rest of the page is carried over untouched.
Measured metrics
| Average lowercase letter width | 467.6 units per 1000 em |
|---|---|
| Average capital letter width | 554.1 units per 1000 em |
| Word space | 240 units per 1000 em |
| Digits | proportional (digit widths differ) |
| Spacing | proportional |
| Width of i compared with m | 28% |
| Printable ASCII characters covered | 94 of 94 |
| Category | Sans serif |
Weights and styles
Languages beyond basic Latin
Open fonts closest to Tajawal
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.
- Mukta Regularsimilar widths (28.3 units)
- Mukta Vaani Regularsimilar widths (28.3 units)
- Mukta Mahee Regularsimilar widths (29.6 units)
- Magra Regularloosely similar widths (32.1 units)
- Anek Kannada Regularloosely similar widths (33.4 units)
- Anek Malayalam Regularloosely similar widths (33.4 units)
- Anek Telugu Regularloosely similar widths (33.6 units)
- Anek Devanagari Regularloosely similar widths (33.7 units)
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Questions people ask
+Can I edit a PDF that uses Tajawal?
Yes. Drop the PDF into MythosPDF and click the text. New letters are set in Tajawal itself, loaded from the open font, so the edit matches the rest of the page.
+Is Tajawal free to use?
Tajawal 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 Tajawal?
By measured letter widths, Mukta is the closest match among open fonts (a mean difference of 28.3 units per 1000 em). Text set in one takes almost the same space in the other.
+Which languages does Tajawal support?
It includes these character sets: Arabic, Latin.
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