Wellfleet
Wellfleet is a serif font in 1 weight. Its lowercase letters are 8% wider than the typical serif font. Last updated 10 September 2025.
Editing a PDF that uses Wellfleet
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 Wellfleet from the widths stored in your PDF, loads the complete open font, and sets your new text in Wellfleet itself. The rest of the page is carried over untouched.
Measured metrics
| Average lowercase letter width | 561.1 units per 1000 em |
|---|---|
| Average capital letter width | 660.4 units per 1000 em |
| Word space | 288.1 units per 1000 em |
| Digits | tabular (every digit is 583 units wide, so columns of numbers line up) |
| Spacing | proportional |
| Width of i compared with m | 36% |
| Printable ASCII characters covered | 94 of 94 |
| Category | Serif |
Weights and styles
Languages beyond basic Latin
Open fonts closest to Wellfleet
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.
- Glegoo Regularloosely similar widths (36.4 units)
- Oxanium Regularloosely similar widths (38.1 units)
- IBM Plex Serif Regularloosely similar widths (39.5 units)
- Play Regularloosely similar widths (40.6 units)
- Bitter Regularloosely similar widths (41.2 units)
- Ubuntu Regularloosely similar widths (41.5 units)
- Trirong Regularloosely similar widths (41.9 units)
- Funnel Display Regularloosely similar widths (42.1 units)
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Questions people ask
+Can I edit a PDF that uses Wellfleet?
Yes. Drop the PDF into MythosPDF and click the text. New letters are set in Wellfleet itself, loaded from the open font, so the edit matches the rest of the page.
+Is Wellfleet free to use?
Wellfleet 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 Wellfleet?
By measured letter widths, Glegoo is the closest match among open fonts (a mean difference of 36.4 units per 1000 em). Text set in one takes almost the same space in the other.
+Which languages does Wellfleet support?
It includes these character sets: Latin, Central European.
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