Taviraj
Taviraj is a serif font in 9 weights with italics. Its lowercase letters are about as wide as the typical serif font. Last updated 5 September 2025.
Editing a PDF that uses Taviraj
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 Taviraj from the widths stored in your PDF, loads the complete open font, and sets your new text in Taviraj itself. The rest of the page is carried over untouched.
Measured metrics
| Average lowercase letter width | 527 units per 1000 em |
|---|---|
| Average capital letter width | 672.3 units per 1000 em |
| Word space | 258 units per 1000 em |
| Digits | tabular (every digit is 581 units wide, so columns of numbers line up) |
| Spacing | proportional |
| Width of i compared with m | 33% |
| Printable ASCII characters covered | 94 of 94 |
| Category | Serif |
Weights and styles
- Taviraj Thin Italic
- Taviraj Thin
- Taviraj ExtraLight Italic
- Taviraj ExtraLight
- Taviraj Light Italic
- Taviraj Light
- Taviraj Italic
- Taviraj Regular
- Taviraj Medium Italic
- Taviraj Medium
- Taviraj SemiBold Italic
- Taviraj SemiBold
- Taviraj Bold Italic
- Taviraj Bold
- Taviraj ExtraBold Italic
- Taviraj ExtraBold
- Taviraj Black Italic
- Taviraj Black
Languages beyond basic Latin
Open fonts closest to Taviraj
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.
- Trirong Regularvery close widths (14.1 units)
- IBM Plex Serif Regularsimilar widths (28.4 units)
- Lato Regularsimilar widths (29.4 units)
- Martel Sans Regularloosely similar widths (31 units)
- Funnel Display Regularloosely similar widths (31.5 units)
- Bitter Regularloosely similar widths (31.7 units)
- Noto Sans Hebrew Regularloosely similar widths (31.9 units)
- Aleo Regularloosely similar widths (32 units)
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Questions people ask
+Can I edit a PDF that uses Taviraj?
Yes. Drop the PDF into MythosPDF and click the text. New letters are set in Taviraj itself, loaded from the open font, so the edit matches the rest of the page.
+Is Taviraj free to use?
Taviraj 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 Taviraj?
By measured letter widths, Trirong is the closest match among open fonts (a mean difference of 14.1 units per 1000 em). Text set in one takes almost the same space in the other.
+Which languages does Taviraj support?
It includes these character sets: Latin, Central European, Thai, Vietnamese.
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