Yrsa
Yrsa is a serif font in 5 weights with italics, also available as a variable font. Its lowercase letters are 13% narrower than the typical serif font. Last updated 16 September 2025.
Editing a PDF that uses Yrsa
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 Yrsa from the widths stored in your PDF, loads the complete open font, and sets your new text in Yrsa itself. The rest of the page is carried over untouched.
Measured metrics
| Average lowercase letter width | 447.6 units per 1000 em |
|---|---|
| Average capital letter width | 553.8 units per 1000 em |
| Word space | 216 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
Languages beyond basic Latin
Open fonts closest to Yrsa
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.
- Rasa Regularidentical letter widths (0 units)
- Stylish Regularsimilar widths (21.2 units)
- Namdhinggo Regularsimilar widths (24.8 units)
- Dai Banna SIL Regularsimilar widths (25.5 units)
- Gupter Regularsimilar widths (27.4 units)
- Rambla Regularsimilar widths (29.2 units)
- Gentium Plus Regularloosely similar widths (30.1 units)
- Kreon Regularloosely similar widths (30.8 units)
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Questions people ask
+Can I edit a PDF that uses Yrsa?
Yes. Drop the PDF into MythosPDF and click the text. New letters are set in Yrsa itself, loaded from the open font, so the edit matches the rest of the page.
+Is Yrsa free to use?
Yrsa 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 Yrsa?
By measured letter widths, Rasa is the closest match among open fonts (a mean difference of 0 units per 1000 em). Text set in one takes almost the same space in the other.
+Which languages does Yrsa support?
It includes these character sets: Latin, Central European, Vietnamese.
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