Alan Sans
Alan Sans is a sans serif font in 7 weights, also available as a variable font. Its lowercase letters are about as wide as the typical sans serif font. Last updated 25 August 2026.
Editing a PDF that uses Alan 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 Alan Sans from the widths stored in your PDF, loads the complete open font, and sets your new text in Alan Sans itself. The rest of the page is carried over untouched.
Measured metrics
| Average lowercase letter width | 524 units per 1000 em |
|---|---|
| Average capital letter width | 676.6 units per 1000 em |
| Word space | 244 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
Languages beyond basic Latin
Open fonts closest to Alan 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.
- Huninn Regularsimilar widths (22.7 units)
- Bpmf Huninn Regularsimilar widths (22.7 units)
- Varela Regularsimilar widths (25.7 units)
- Varela Round Regularsimilar widths (26.8 units)
- TASA Orbiter Regularloosely similar widths (30.7 units)
- Strichpunkt Sans Regularloosely similar widths (31.1 units)
- Open Runde Regularloosely similar widths (31.9 units)
- Public Sans Regularloosely similar widths (32.2 units)
Compare Alan Sans
Questions people ask
+Can I edit a PDF that uses Alan Sans?
Yes. Drop the PDF into MythosPDF and click the text. New letters are set in Alan Sans itself, loaded from the open font, so the edit matches the rest of the page.
+Is Alan Sans free to use?
Alan 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 Alan Sans?
By measured letter widths, Huninn is the closest match among open fonts (a mean difference of 22.7 units per 1000 em). Text set in one takes almost the same space in the other.
+Which languages does Alan Sans support?
It includes these character sets: Arabic, Latin, Central European.
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