Zen Antique
Zen Antique is a serif font in 1 weight. Its lowercase letters are 5% wider than the typical serif font. Last updated 8 September 2025.
Editing a PDF that uses Zen Antique
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 Zen Antique from the widths stored in your PDF, loads the complete open font, and sets your new text in Zen Antique itself. The rest of the page is carried over untouched.
Measured metrics
| Average lowercase letter width | 544.7 units per 1000 em |
|---|---|
| Average capital letter width | 726.4 units per 1000 em |
| Word space | 280 units per 1000 em |
| Digits | proportional (digit widths differ) |
| Spacing | proportional |
| Width of i compared with m | 38% |
| Printable ASCII characters covered | 94 of 94 |
| Category | Serif |
Weights and styles
Languages beyond basic Latin
Open fonts closest to Zen Antique
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.
- Zen Antique Soft Regularidentical letter widths (0 units)
- Zen Old Mincho Regularidentical letter widths (0 units)
- Bagnard Regularloosely similar widths (39.5 units)
- Bagnard Sans Regularloosely similar widths (40.4 units)
- Old Standard TT Regularloosely similar widths (43.3 units)
- Shippori Mincho Regularloosely similar widths (49.7 units)
- Shippori Mincho B1 Regularloosely similar widths (49.7 units)
- IBM Plex Serif Regularloosely similar widths (52.6 units)
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Questions people ask
+Can I edit a PDF that uses Zen Antique?
Yes. Drop the PDF into MythosPDF and click the text. New letters are set in Zen Antique itself, loaded from the open font, so the edit matches the rest of the page.
+Is Zen Antique free to use?
Zen Antique 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 Zen Antique?
By measured letter widths, Zen Antique Soft 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 Zen Antique support?
It includes these character sets: Cyrillic, Greek, Japanese, Latin, Central European.
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