Truculenta
Truculenta is a sans serif font in 9 weights, also available as a variable font. Its lowercase letters are 24% narrower than the typical sans serif font. Last updated 16 September 2025.
Editing a PDF that uses Truculenta
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 Truculenta from the widths stored in your PDF, loads the complete open font, and sets your new text in Truculenta itself. The rest of the page is carried over untouched.
Measured metrics
| Average lowercase letter width | 396.2 units per 1000 em |
|---|---|
| Average capital letter width | 461 units per 1000 em |
| Word space | 239 units per 1000 em |
| Digits | proportional (digit widths differ) |
| Spacing | proportional |
| Width of i compared with m | 36% |
| Printable ASCII characters covered | 94 of 94 |
| Category | Sans serif |
Weights and styles
Languages beyond basic Latin
Open fonts closest to Truculenta
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.
- Mohave Regularloosely similar widths (41.2 units)
- Khand Regularloosely similar widths (42.9 units)
- Saira Condensed Regularloosely similar widths (45.2 units)
- Teko Regularloosely similar widths (46.3 units)
- Voltaire Regularloosely similar widths (46.8 units)
- Big Shoulders Stencil Text Regularloosely similar widths (47.2 units)
- Big Shoulders Stencil Display Regularloosely similar widths (47.4 units)
- Big Shoulders Text Regularloosely similar widths (47.4 units)
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Questions people ask
+Can I edit a PDF that uses Truculenta?
Yes. Drop the PDF into MythosPDF and click the text. New letters are set in Truculenta itself, loaded from the open font, so the edit matches the rest of the page.
+Is Truculenta free to use?
Truculenta 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 Truculenta?
By measured letter widths, Mohave is the closest match among open fonts (a mean difference of 41.2 units per 1000 em). Text set in one takes almost the same space in the other.
+Which languages does Truculenta support?
It includes these character sets: Latin, Central European, Vietnamese.
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