The Girl Next Door
The Girl Next Door is a handwriting font in 1 weight. Its lowercase letters are 12% narrower than the typical handwriting font. Last updated 16 September 2025.
Editing a PDF that uses The Girl Next Door
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 The Girl Next Door from the widths stored in your PDF, loads the complete open font, and sets your new text in The Girl Next Door itself. The rest of the page is carried over untouched.
Measured metrics
| Average lowercase letter width | 483 units per 1000 em |
|---|---|
| Average capital letter width | 543.5 units per 1000 em |
| Word space | 505.9 units per 1000 em |
| Digits | proportional (digit widths differ) |
| Spacing | proportional |
| Width of i compared with m | 37% |
| Printable ASCII characters covered | 94 of 94 |
| Category | Handwriting |
Weights and styles
Languages beyond basic Latin
Open fonts closest to The Girl Next Door
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.
- Shadows Into Light Two Regularloosely similar widths (80.3 units)
- Shadows Into Light Regularloosely similar widths (82.9 units)
- Swanky and Moo Moo Regularloosely similar widths (84 units)
- Love Ya Like A Sister Regularloosely similar widths (84.9 units)
- Rasa Regularloosely similar widths (85 units)
- Yrsa Regularloosely similar widths (85 units)
- Stick No Bills Regularloosely similar widths (85.1 units)
- Blaka Ink Regularloosely similar widths (86.3 units)
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Questions people ask
+Can I edit a PDF that uses The Girl Next Door?
Yes. Drop the PDF into MythosPDF and click the text. New letters are set in The Girl Next Door itself, loaded from the open font, so the edit matches the rest of the page.
+Is The Girl Next Door free to use?
The Girl Next Door 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 The Girl Next Door?
By measured letter widths, Shadows Into Light Two is the closest match among open fonts (a mean difference of 80.3 units per 1000 em). Text set in one takes almost the same space in the other.
+Which languages does The Girl Next Door support?
It includes these character sets: Latin, Central European.
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