Adwaita Sans
Adwaita Sans is a sans serif font in 9 weights with italics. Its lowercase letters are 4% wider than the typical sans serif font. Last updated 21 December 2025.
Editing a PDF that uses Adwaita Sans
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 Adwaita Sans from the widths stored in your PDF, loads the complete open font, and sets your new text in Adwaita Sans itself. The rest of the page is carried over untouched.
Measured metrics
| Average lowercase letter width | 537.6 units per 1000 em |
|---|---|
| Average capital letter width | 681.5 units per 1000 em |
| Word space | 281.2 units per 1000 em |
| Digits | proportional (digit widths differ) |
| Spacing | proportional |
| Width of i compared with m | 28% |
| Printable ASCII characters covered | 94 of 94 |
| Category | Sans serif |
Weights and styles
- Adwaita Sans Thin Italic
- Adwaita Sans Thin
- Adwaita Sans ExtraLight Italic
- Adwaita Sans ExtraLight
- Adwaita Sans Light Italic
- Adwaita Sans Light
- Adwaita Sans Italic
- Adwaita Sans Regular
- Adwaita Sans Medium Italic
- Adwaita Sans Medium
- Adwaita Sans SemiBold Italic
- Adwaita Sans SemiBold
- Adwaita Sans Bold Italic
- Adwaita Sans Bold
- Adwaita Sans ExtraBold Italic
- Adwaita Sans ExtraBold
- Adwaita Sans Black Italic
- Adwaita Sans Black
Open fonts closest to Adwaita Sans
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.
- Inter Regularidentical letter widths (0.3 units)
- Open Runde Regularvery close widths (14.1 units)
- Pretendard Regularsimilar widths (19.1 units)
- Inter Tight Regularsimilar widths (19.6 units)
- TikTok Sans Regularsimilar widths (21.5 units)
- Asta Sans Regularsimilar widths (26.1 units)
- 42dot Sans Regularsimilar widths (26.1 units)
- Golos Text Regularsimilar widths (28.9 units)
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Questions people ask
+Can I edit a PDF that uses Adwaita Sans?
Yes. Drop the PDF into MythosPDF and click the text. New letters are set in Adwaita Sans itself, loaded from the open font, so the edit matches the rest of the page.
+Is Adwaita Sans free to use?
Adwaita Sans 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 Adwaita Sans?
By measured letter widths, Inter is the closest match among open fonts (a mean difference of 0.3 units per 1000 em). Text set in one takes almost the same space in the other.
+Which languages does Adwaita Sans support?
It includes these character sets: Latin.
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