Trade Winds
Trade Winds is a display font in 1 weight. Its lowercase letters are 7% wider than the typical display font. Last updated 11 September 2025.
Editing a PDF that uses Trade Winds
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 Trade Winds from the widths stored in your PDF, loads the complete open font, and sets your new text in Trade Winds itself. The rest of the page is carried over untouched.
Measured metrics
| Average lowercase letter width | 560.3 units per 1000 em |
|---|---|
| Average capital letter width | 733.7 units per 1000 em |
| Word space | 309.6 units per 1000 em |
| Digits | proportional (digit widths differ) |
| Spacing | proportional |
| Width of i compared with m | 34% |
| Printable ASCII characters covered | 94 of 94 |
| Category | Display |
Weights and styles
Open fonts closest to Trade Winds
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.
- Bagnard Regularloosely similar widths (50 units)
- Bagnard Sans Regularloosely similar widths (50.4 units)
- Wittgenstein Regularloosely similar widths (54.1 units)
- Newsreader Regularloosely similar widths (54.8 units)
- Libre Caslon Text Regularloosely similar widths (55.2 units)
- Rufina Regularloosely similar widths (55.3 units)
- Outfit Regularloosely similar widths (55.5 units)
- Montagu Slab Regularloosely similar widths (56.7 units)
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Questions people ask
+Can I edit a PDF that uses Trade Winds?
Yes. Drop the PDF into MythosPDF and click the text. New letters are set in Trade Winds itself, loaded from the open font, so the edit matches the rest of the page.
+Is Trade Winds free to use?
Trade Winds 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 Trade Winds?
By measured letter widths, Bagnard is the closest match among open fonts (a mean difference of 50 units per 1000 em). Text set in one takes almost the same space in the other.
+Which languages does Trade Winds support?
It includes these character sets: Latin.
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