Tuffy
Tuffy is a sans serif font in 2 weights with italics. Its lowercase letters are 11% narrower than the typical sans serif font. Last updated 23 April 2025.
Editing a PDF that uses Tuffy
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 Tuffy from the widths stored in your PDF, loads the complete open font, and sets your new text in Tuffy itself. The rest of the page is carried over untouched.
Measured metrics
| Average lowercase letter width | 460.5 units per 1000 em |
|---|---|
| Average capital letter width | 592.7 units per 1000 em |
| Word space | 300.8 units per 1000 em |
| Digits | proportional (digit widths differ) |
| Spacing | proportional |
| Width of i compared with m | 28% |
| Printable ASCII characters covered | 94 of 94 |
| Category | Sans serif |
Weights and styles
Languages beyond basic Latin
Open fonts closest to Tuffy
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.
- Darker Grotesque Regularloosely similar widths (37 units)
- Kreon Regularloosely similar widths (38.9 units)
- Averia Sans Libre Regularloosely similar widths (38.9 units)
- Reddit Sans Condensed Regularloosely similar widths (39.7 units)
- Anek Gurmukhi Regularloosely similar widths (40.3 units)
- Anek Tamil Regularloosely similar widths (40.3 units)
- Anek Kannada Regularloosely similar widths (40.7 units)
- Anek Malayalam Regularloosely similar widths (40.7 units)
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Questions people ask
+Can I edit a PDF that uses Tuffy?
Yes. Drop the PDF into MythosPDF and click the text. New letters are set in Tuffy itself, loaded from the open font, so the edit matches the rest of the page.
+Is Tuffy free to use?
Tuffy 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 Tuffy?
By measured letter widths, Darker Grotesque is the closest match among open fonts (a mean difference of 37 units per 1000 em). Text set in one takes almost the same space in the other.
+Which languages does Tuffy support?
It includes these character sets: Cyrillic, Cyrillic Extended, Greek, Greek Extended, Latin, Central European, Phoenician.
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