Vast Shadow
Vast Shadow is a serif font in 1 weight. Its lowercase letters are 55% wider than the typical serif font. Last updated 10 September 2025.
Editing a PDF that uses Vast Shadow
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 Vast Shadow from the widths stored in your PDF, loads the complete open font, and sets your new text in Vast Shadow itself. The rest of the page is carried over untouched.
Measured metrics
| Average lowercase letter width | 803.9 units per 1000 em |
|---|---|
| Average capital letter width | 967.1 units per 1000 em |
| Word space | 317.4 units per 1000 em |
| Digits | proportional (digit widths differ) |
| Spacing | proportional |
| Width of i compared with m | 35% |
| Printable ASCII characters covered | 94 of 94 |
| Category | Serif |
Weights and styles
Open fonts closest to Vast Shadow
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.
- Unbounded Regularloosely similar widths (58.1 units)
- Gravitas One Regularloosely similar widths (64.8 units)
- BhuTuka Expanded One Regularloosely similar widths (67.3 units)
- Padyakke Expanded One Regularloosely similar widths (70.6 units)
- Geostar Regularloosely similar widths (71.1 units)
- Geostar Fill Regularloosely similar widths (72.1 units)
- Chango Regularloosely similar widths (72.4 units)
- Goblin One Regularloosely similar widths (74.8 units)
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Questions people ask
+Can I edit a PDF that uses Vast Shadow?
Yes. Drop the PDF into MythosPDF and click the text. New letters are set in Vast Shadow itself, loaded from the open font, so the edit matches the rest of the page.
+Is Vast Shadow free to use?
Vast Shadow 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 Vast Shadow?
By measured letter widths, Unbounded is the closest match among open fonts (a mean difference of 58.1 units per 1000 em). Text set in one takes almost the same space in the other.
+Which languages does Vast Shadow support?
It includes these character sets: Latin.
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