Ysabeau
Ysabeau is a sans serif font in 9 weights with italics, also available as a variable font. Its lowercase letters are 11% narrower than the typical sans serif font. Last updated 11 September 2025.
Editing a PDF that uses Ysabeau
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 Ysabeau from the widths stored in your PDF, loads the complete open font, and sets your new text in Ysabeau itself. The rest of the page is carried over untouched.
Measured metrics
| Average lowercase letter width | 463.5 units per 1000 em |
|---|---|
| Average capital letter width | 654.4 units per 1000 em |
| Word space | 246 units per 1000 em |
| Digits | proportional (digit widths differ) |
| Spacing | proportional |
| Width of i compared with m | 33% |
| Printable ASCII characters covered | 94 of 94 |
| Category | Sans serif |
Weights and styles
- Ysabeau Thin Italic
- Ysabeau Thin
- Ysabeau ExtraLight Italic
- Ysabeau ExtraLight
- Ysabeau Light Italic
- Ysabeau Light
- Ysabeau Italic
- Ysabeau Regular
- Ysabeau Medium Italic
- Ysabeau Medium
- Ysabeau SemiBold Italic
- Ysabeau SemiBold
- Ysabeau Bold Italic
- Ysabeau Bold
- Ysabeau ExtraBold Italic
- Ysabeau ExtraBold
- Ysabeau Black Italic
- Ysabeau Black
Languages beyond basic Latin
Open fonts closest to Ysabeau
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.
- Ysabeau Office Regularvery close widths (8 units)
- Ysabeau Infant Regularvery close widths (9.8 units)
- Ysabeau SC Regularsimilar widths (26.2 units)
- Shafarik Regularloosely similar widths (32.7 units)
- Buenard Regularloosely similar widths (34.5 units)
- Crimson Text Regularloosely similar widths (35.5 units)
- EB Garamond Regularloosely similar widths (37.6 units)
- Benne Regularloosely similar widths (38.7 units)
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Questions people ask
+Can I edit a PDF that uses Ysabeau?
Yes. Drop the PDF into MythosPDF and click the text. New letters are set in Ysabeau itself, loaded from the open font, so the edit matches the rest of the page.
+Is Ysabeau free to use?
Ysabeau 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 Ysabeau?
By measured letter widths, Ysabeau Office is the closest match among open fonts (a mean difference of 8 units per 1000 em). Text set in one takes almost the same space in the other.
+Which languages does Ysabeau support?
It includes these character sets: Cyrillic, Cyrillic Extended, Greek, Latin, Central European, Math symbols, Symbols, Vietnamese.
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