Zen Loop
Zen Loop is a display font in 1 weight with italics. Its lowercase letters are 48% narrower than the typical display font. Last updated 11 September 2025.
Editing a PDF that uses Zen Loop
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 Loop from the widths stored in your PDF, loads the complete open font, and sets your new text in Zen Loop itself. The rest of the page is carried over untouched.
Measured metrics
| Average lowercase letter width | 271.8 units per 1000 em |
|---|---|
| Average capital letter width | 370.2 units per 1000 em |
| Word space | 240 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 | Display |
Weights and styles
Languages beyond basic Latin
Open fonts closest to Zen Loop
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.
- Stint Ultra Condensed Regularloosely similar widths (40.2 units)
- Dongle Regularloosely similar widths (43.2 units)
- Sofia Sans Extra Condensed Regularloosely similar widths (43.5 units)
- League Gothic Regularloosely similar widths (43.6 units)
- Big Shoulders Text Regularloosely similar widths (45.1 units)
- Big Shoulders Stencil Text Regularloosely similar widths (45.1 units)
- Big Shoulders Regularloosely similar widths (45.1 units)
- Big Shoulders Stencil Regularloosely similar widths (45.2 units)
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Questions people ask
+Can I edit a PDF that uses Zen Loop?
Yes. Drop the PDF into MythosPDF and click the text. New letters are set in Zen Loop itself, loaded from the open font, so the edit matches the rest of the page.
+Is Zen Loop free to use?
Zen Loop 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 Loop?
By measured letter widths, Stint Ultra Condensed is the closest match among open fonts (a mean difference of 40.2 units per 1000 em). Text set in one takes almost the same space in the other.
+Which languages does Zen Loop support?
It includes these character sets: Latin, Central European.
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