Zilla Slab
Zilla Slab is a serif font in 5 weights with italics. Its lowercase letters are 5% narrower than the typical serif font. Last updated 5 September 2025.
Editing a PDF that uses Zilla Slab
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 Zilla Slab from the widths stored in your PDF, loads the complete open font, and sets your new text in Zilla Slab itself. The rest of the page is carried over untouched.
Measured metrics
| Average lowercase letter width | 493.5 units per 1000 em |
|---|---|
| Average capital letter width | 642.7 units per 1000 em |
| Word space | 227 units per 1000 em |
| Digits | proportional (digit widths differ) |
| Spacing | proportional |
| Width of i compared with m | 32% |
| Printable ASCII characters covered | 94 of 94 |
| Category | Serif |
Weights and styles
Languages beyond basic Latin
Open fonts closest to Zilla Slab
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.
- Zilla Slab Highlight Regularvery close widths (9.8 units)
- Fenix Regularsimilar widths (27.6 units)
- Vidaloka Regularloosely similar widths (30.2 units)
- Sura Regularloosely similar widths (31.2 units)
- Averia Libre Regularloosely similar widths (31.6 units)
- Averia Gruesa Libre Regularloosely similar widths (31.6 units)
- Enriqueta Regularloosely similar widths (31.7 units)
- Poly Regularloosely similar widths (31.7 units)
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Questions people ask
+Can I edit a PDF that uses Zilla Slab?
Yes. Drop the PDF into MythosPDF and click the text. New letters are set in Zilla Slab itself, loaded from the open font, so the edit matches the rest of the page.
+Is Zilla Slab free to use?
Zilla Slab 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 Zilla Slab?
By measured letter widths, Zilla Slab Highlight is the closest match among open fonts (a mean difference of 9.8 units per 1000 em). Text set in one takes almost the same space in the other.
+Which languages does Zilla Slab support?
It includes these character sets: Latin, Central European.
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