Akshar
Akshar is a sans serif font in 5 weights, also available as a variable font. Its lowercase letters are 15% narrower than the typical sans serif font. Last updated 8 September 2025.
Editing a PDF that uses Akshar
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 Akshar from the widths stored in your PDF, loads the complete open font, and sets your new text in Akshar itself. The rest of the page is carried over untouched.
Measured metrics
| Average lowercase letter width | 440.3 units per 1000 em |
|---|---|
| Average capital letter width | 471.5 units per 1000 em |
| Word space | 188 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 | Sans serif |
Weights and styles
Languages beyond basic Latin
Open fonts closest to Akshar
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.
- Jersey 20 Regularsimilar widths (28.8 units)
- Jersey 20 Charted Regularsimilar widths (29.1 units)
- Saira Condensed Regularloosely similar widths (30.3 units)
- Stick No Bills Regularloosely similar widths (31.4 units)
- Jersey 25 Regularloosely similar widths (31.5 units)
- Jersey 25 Charted Regularloosely similar widths (31.5 units)
- Cuprum Regularloosely similar widths (32.6 units)
- Sofia Sans Condensed Regularloosely similar widths (32.7 units)
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Questions people ask
+Can I edit a PDF that uses Akshar?
Yes. Drop the PDF into MythosPDF and click the text. New letters are set in Akshar itself, loaded from the open font, so the edit matches the rest of the page.
+Is Akshar free to use?
Akshar 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 Akshar?
By measured letter widths, Jersey 20 is the closest match among open fonts (a mean difference of 28.8 units per 1000 em). Text set in one takes almost the same space in the other.
+Which languages does Akshar support?
It includes these character sets: Devanagari, Latin, Central European.
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