Turret Road
Turret Road is a display font in 6 weights. Its lowercase letters are 4% narrower than the typical display font. Last updated 16 September 2025.
Editing a PDF that uses Turret Road
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 Turret Road from the widths stored in your PDF, loads the complete open font, and sets your new text in Turret Road itself. The rest of the page is carried over untouched.
Measured metrics
| Average lowercase letter width | 505.1 units per 1000 em |
|---|---|
| Average capital letter width | 632.3 units per 1000 em |
| Word space | 400 units per 1000 em |
| Digits | proportional (digit widths differ) |
| Spacing | proportional |
| Width of i compared with m | 19% |
| Printable ASCII characters covered | 94 of 94 |
| Category | Display |
Weights and styles
Languages beyond basic Latin
Open fonts closest to Turret Road
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.
- Special Gothic Regularloosely similar widths (52.1 units)
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- Kulim Park Regularloosely similar widths (53.1 units)
- Geist Regularloosely similar widths (53.1 units)
- Urbanist Regularloosely similar widths (53.4 units)
- Geist Sans Regularloosely similar widths (53.6 units)
- Prompt Regularloosely similar widths (53.7 units)
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Questions people ask
+Can I edit a PDF that uses Turret Road?
Yes. Drop the PDF into MythosPDF and click the text. New letters are set in Turret Road itself, loaded from the open font, so the edit matches the rest of the page.
+Is Turret Road free to use?
Turret Road 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 Turret Road?
By measured letter widths, Special Gothic is the closest match among open fonts (a mean difference of 52.1 units per 1000 em). Text set in one takes almost the same space in the other.
+Which languages does Turret Road support?
It includes these character sets: Latin, Central European.
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