Tiny5
Tiny5 is a sans serif font in 1 weight. Its lowercase letters are 8% narrower than the typical sans serif font. Last updated 30 May 2025.
Editing a PDF that uses Tiny5
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 Tiny5 from the widths stored in your PDF, loads the complete open font, and sets your new text in Tiny5 itself. The rest of the page is carried over untouched.
Measured metrics
| Average lowercase letter width | 476 units per 1000 em |
|---|---|
| Average capital letter width | 586.5 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 | 33% |
| Printable ASCII characters covered | 94 of 94 |
| Category | Sans serif |
Weights and styles
Languages beyond basic Latin
Open fonts closest to Tiny5
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.
- Yantramanav Regularloosely similar widths (43.5 units)
- Averia Sans Libre Regularloosely similar widths (44.4 units)
- Kedebideri Regularloosely similar widths (46.3 units)
- Mada Regularloosely similar widths (46.8 units)
- Varta Regularloosely similar widths (46.8 units)
- Source Sans 3 Regularloosely similar widths (46.8 units)
- Assistant Regularloosely similar widths (47.2 units)
- Fusion Pixel 12px Proportional KR Regularloosely similar widths (47.4 units)
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Questions people ask
+Can I edit a PDF that uses Tiny5?
Yes. Drop the PDF into MythosPDF and click the text. New letters are set in Tiny5 itself, loaded from the open font, so the edit matches the rest of the page.
+Is Tiny5 free to use?
Tiny5 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 Tiny5?
By measured letter widths, Yantramanav is the closest match among open fonts (a mean difference of 43.5 units per 1000 em). Text set in one takes almost the same space in the other.
+Which languages does Tiny5 support?
It includes these character sets: Cyrillic, Cyrillic Extended, Greek, Latin, Central European.
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