Wire One
Wire One is a sans serif font in 1 weight. Its lowercase letters are 51% narrower than the typical sans serif font. Last updated 16 September 2025.
Editing a PDF that uses Wire One
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 Wire One from the widths stored in your PDF, loads the complete open font, and sets your new text in Wire One itself. The rest of the page is carried over untouched.
Measured metrics
| Average lowercase letter width | 255.2 units per 1000 em |
|---|---|
| Average capital letter width | 276.5 units per 1000 em |
| Word space | 166 units per 1000 em |
| Digits | proportional (digit widths differ) |
| Spacing | proportional |
| Width of i compared with m | 25% |
| Printable ASCII characters covered | 94 of 94 |
| Category | Sans serif |
Weights and styles
Open fonts closest to Wire One
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.
- Big Shoulders Inline Display Regularsimilar widths (26.5 units)
- Chathura Regularsimilar widths (27.5 units)
- Big Shoulders Display Regularsimilar widths (28.2 units)
- Big Shoulders Stencil Display Regularsimilar widths (29 units)
- Karantina Regularloosely similar widths (30.1 units)
- Tulpen One Regularloosely similar widths (31.9 units)
- Bigelow Rules Regularloosely similar widths (34.8 units)
- Jomhuria Regularloosely similar widths (40 units)
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Questions people ask
+Can I edit a PDF that uses Wire One?
Yes. Drop the PDF into MythosPDF and click the text. New letters are set in Wire One itself, loaded from the open font, so the edit matches the rest of the page.
+Is Wire One free to use?
Wire One 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 Wire One?
By measured letter widths, Big Shoulders Inline Display is the closest match among open fonts (a mean difference of 26.5 units per 1000 em). Text set in one takes almost the same space in the other.
+Which languages does Wire One support?
It includes these character sets: Latin.
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