Varela Round
Varela Round is a sans serif font in 1 weight. Its lowercase letters are 4% wider than the typical sans serif font. Last updated 11 September 2025.
Editing a PDF that uses Varela Round
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 Varela Round from the widths stored in your PDF, loads the complete open font, and sets your new text in Varela Round itself. The rest of the page is carried over untouched.
Measured metrics
| Average lowercase letter width | 538.1 units per 1000 em |
|---|---|
| Average capital letter width | 694.3 units per 1000 em |
| Word space | 260 units per 1000 em |
| Digits | tabular (every digit is 628 units wide, so columns of numbers line up) |
| Spacing | proportional |
| Width of i compared with m | 27% |
| Printable ASCII characters covered | 94 of 94 |
| Category | Sans serif |
Weights and styles
Languages beyond basic Latin
Open fonts closest to Varela Round
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.
- Varela Regularnearly identical widths (1.8 units)
- Huninn Regularvery close widths (14.1 units)
- Bpmf Huninn Regularvery close widths (14.1 units)
- Alan Sans Regularsimilar widths (25.3 units)
- Public Sans Regularsimilar widths (29 units)
- Amiko Regularsimilar widths (29.9 units)
- Libre Franklin Regularloosely similar widths (31.6 units)
- Metropolis Regularloosely similar widths (32 units)
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Questions people ask
+Can I edit a PDF that uses Varela Round?
Yes. Drop the PDF into MythosPDF and click the text. New letters are set in Varela Round itself, loaded from the open font, so the edit matches the rest of the page.
+Is Varela Round free to use?
Varela Round 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 Varela Round?
By measured letter widths, Varela is the closest match among open fonts (a mean difference of 1.8 units per 1000 em). Text set in one takes almost the same space in the other.
+Which languages does Varela Round support?
It includes these character sets: Hebrew, Latin, Central European, Vietnamese.
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