Ubuntu Mono
Ubuntu Mono is a monospace font in 2 weights with italics. Its lowercase letters are 17% narrower than the typical monospace font. Last updated 2 September 2025.
Editing a PDF that uses Ubuntu Mono
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 Ubuntu Mono from the widths stored in your PDF, loads the complete open font, and sets your new text in Ubuntu Mono itself. The rest of the page is carried over untouched.
Measured metrics
| Average lowercase letter width | 500 units per 1000 em |
|---|---|
| Average capital letter width | 500 units per 1000 em |
| Word space | 500 units per 1000 em |
| Digits | tabular (every digit is 500 units wide, so columns of numbers line up) |
| Spacing | monospaced |
| Width of i compared with m | 100% |
| Printable ASCII characters covered | 94 of 94 |
| Category | Monospace |
Weights and styles
Languages beyond basic Latin
Open fonts closest to Ubuntu Mono
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.
- Inconsolata Regularidentical letter widths (0 units)
- Fusion Pixel 8px Monospaced JP Regularidentical letter widths (0 units)
- Iosevka Curly Regularidentical letter widths (0 units)
- Fusion Pixel 12px Monospaced TC Regularidentical letter widths (0 units)
- Fusion Pixel 12px Monospaced SC Regularidentical letter widths (0 units)
- Fusion Pixel 12px Monospaced KR Regularidentical letter widths (0 units)
- Fusion Pixel 12px Monospaced JP Regularidentical letter widths (0 units)
- Bytesized Regularidentical letter widths (0 units)
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Questions people ask
+Can I edit a PDF that uses Ubuntu Mono?
Yes. Drop the PDF into MythosPDF and click the text. New letters are set in Ubuntu Mono itself, loaded from the open font, so the edit matches the rest of the page.
+Is Ubuntu Mono free to use?
Ubuntu Mono is released under the Ubuntu Font License 1.0, 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 Ubuntu Mono?
By measured letter widths, Inconsolata is the closest match among open fonts (a mean difference of 0 units per 1000 em). Text set in one takes almost the same space in the other.
+Which languages does Ubuntu Mono support?
It includes these character sets: Cyrillic, Cyrillic Extended, Greek, Greek Extended, Latin, Central European.
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