Tinos
Tinos is a serif font in 2 weights with italics. Its lowercase letters are 11% narrower than the typical serif font. Last updated 19 May 2026.
Editing a PDF that uses Tinos
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 Tinos from the widths stored in your PDF, loads the complete open font, and sets your new text in Tinos itself. The rest of the page is carried over untouched.
Measured metrics
| Average lowercase letter width | 459.3 units per 1000 em |
|---|---|
| Average capital letter width | 666.7 units per 1000 em |
| Word space | 250 units per 1000 em |
| Digits | tabular (every digit is 500 units wide, so columns of numbers line up) |
| Spacing | proportional |
| Width of i compared with m | 36% |
| Printable ASCII characters covered | 94 of 94 |
| Category | Serif |
Weights and styles
Languages beyond basic Latin
Open fonts closest to Tinos
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.
- Belleza Regularsimilar widths (24.5 units)
- Tai Heritage Pro Regularloosely similar widths (31 units)
- Libertinus Serif Regularloosely similar widths (35.3 units)
- STIX Two Text Regularloosely similar widths (36.7 units)
- Source Serif Pro Regularloosely similar widths (36.8 units)
- Gulzar Regularloosely similar widths (37.8 units)
- Cactus Classical Serif Regularloosely similar widths (37.9 units)
- Song Myung Regularloosely similar widths (38.2 units)
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Questions people ask
+Can I edit a PDF that uses Tinos?
Yes. Drop the PDF into MythosPDF and click the text. New letters are set in Tinos itself, loaded from the open font, so the edit matches the rest of the page.
+Is Tinos free to use?
Tinos 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 Tinos?
By measured letter widths, Belleza is the closest match among open fonts (a mean difference of 24.5 units per 1000 em). Text set in one takes almost the same space in the other.
+Which languages does Tinos support?
It includes these character sets: Cyrillic, Cyrillic Extended, Greek, Greek Extended, Hebrew, Latin, Central European, Vietnamese.
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