Wittgenstein
Wittgenstein is a serif font in 6 weights with italics, also available as a variable font. Its lowercase letters are about as wide as the typical serif font. Last updated 8 September 2025.
Editing a PDF that uses Wittgenstein
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 Wittgenstein from the widths stored in your PDF, loads the complete open font, and sets your new text in Wittgenstein itself. The rest of the page is carried over untouched.
Measured metrics
| Average lowercase letter width | 519.2 units per 1000 em |
|---|---|
| Average capital letter width | 672.8 units per 1000 em |
| Word space | 200 units per 1000 em |
| Digits | tabular (every digit is 580 units wide, so columns of numbers line up) |
| Spacing | proportional |
| Width of i compared with m | 35% |
| Printable ASCII characters covered | 94 of 94 |
| Category | Serif |
Weights and styles
Languages beyond basic Latin
Open fonts closest to Wittgenstein
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.
- IBM Plex Serif Regularloosely similar widths (34.5 units)
- Frank Ruhl Libre Regularloosely similar widths (34.6 units)
- Lato Regularloosely similar widths (35 units)
- Averia Serif Libre Regularloosely similar widths (35.7 units)
- Copse Regularloosely similar widths (36.2 units)
- Taviraj Regularloosely similar widths (36.5 units)
- Idiqlat Regularloosely similar widths (37 units)
- Castoro Regularloosely similar widths (37.2 units)
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Questions people ask
+Can I edit a PDF that uses Wittgenstein?
Yes. Drop the PDF into MythosPDF and click the text. New letters are set in Wittgenstein itself, loaded from the open font, so the edit matches the rest of the page.
+Is Wittgenstein free to use?
Wittgenstein 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 Wittgenstein?
By measured letter widths, IBM Plex Serif is the closest match among open fonts (a mean difference of 34.5 units per 1000 em). Text set in one takes almost the same space in the other.
+Which languages does Wittgenstein support?
It includes these character sets: Latin, Central European.
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