Alegreya Sans
Alegreya Sans is a sans serif font in 7 weights with italics. Its lowercase letters are 14% narrower than the typical sans serif font. Last updated 30 June 2026.
Editing a PDF that uses Alegreya 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 Alegreya Sans from the widths stored in your PDF, loads the complete open font, and sets your new text in Alegreya Sans itself. The rest of the page is carried over untouched.
Measured metrics
| Average lowercase letter width | 445.3 units per 1000 em |
|---|---|
| Average capital letter width | 559.2 units per 1000 em |
| Word space | 165 units per 1000 em |
| Digits | proportional (digit widths differ) |
| Spacing | proportional |
| Width of i compared with m | 30% |
| Printable ASCII characters covered | 94 of 94 |
| Category | Sans serif |
Weights and styles
- Alegreya Sans Thin Italic
- Alegreya Sans Thin
- Alegreya Sans Light Italic
- Alegreya Sans Light
- Alegreya Sans Italic
- Alegreya Sans Regular
- Alegreya Sans Medium Italic
- Alegreya Sans Medium
- Alegreya Sans Bold Italic
- Alegreya Sans Bold
- Alegreya Sans ExtraBold Italic
- Alegreya Sans ExtraBold
- Alegreya Sans Black Italic
- Alegreya Sans Black
Languages beyond basic Latin
Open fonts closest to Alegreya 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.
- Alegreya Sans SC Regularsimilar widths (20 units)
- Balthazar Regularsimilar widths (26.1 units)
- Stylish Regularsimilar widths (29.4 units)
- Crimson Pro Regularloosely similar widths (30 units)
- Encode Sans Condensed Regularloosely similar widths (30 units)
- Slabo 27px Regularloosely similar widths (30.4 units)
- Encode Sans Semi Condensed Regularloosely similar widths (31.4 units)
- Arapey Regularloosely similar widths (31.7 units)
Compare Alegreya Sans
Questions people ask
+Can I edit a PDF that uses Alegreya Sans?
Yes. Drop the PDF into MythosPDF and click the text. New letters are set in Alegreya Sans itself, loaded from the open font, so the edit matches the rest of the page.
+Is Alegreya Sans free to use?
Alegreya 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 Alegreya Sans?
By measured letter widths, Alegreya Sans SC is the closest match among open fonts (a mean difference of 20 units per 1000 em). Text set in one takes almost the same space in the other.
+Which languages does Alegreya Sans support?
It includes these character sets: Cyrillic, Cyrillic Extended, Greek, Greek Extended, Latin, Central European, Vietnamese.
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