Alumni Sans
Alumni Sans is a sans serif font in 9 weights with italics, also available as a variable font. Its lowercase letters are 37% narrower than the typical sans serif font. Last updated 2 September 2025.
Editing a PDF that uses Alumni 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 Alumni Sans from the widths stored in your PDF, loads the complete open font, and sets your new text in Alumni Sans itself. The rest of the page is carried over untouched.
Measured metrics
| Average lowercase letter width | 329.5 units per 1000 em |
|---|---|
| Average capital letter width | 370.2 units per 1000 em |
| Word space | 185 units per 1000 em |
| Digits | proportional (digit widths differ) |
| Spacing | proportional |
| Width of i compared with m | 29% |
| Printable ASCII characters covered | 94 of 94 |
| Category | Sans serif |
Weights and styles
- Alumni Sans Thin Italic
- Alumni Sans Thin
- Alumni Sans ExtraLight Italic
- Alumni Sans ExtraLight
- Alumni Sans Light Italic
- Alumni Sans Light
- Alumni Sans Italic
- Alumni Sans Regular
- Alumni Sans Medium Italic
- Alumni Sans Medium
- Alumni Sans SemiBold Italic
- Alumni Sans SemiBold
- Alumni Sans Bold Italic
- Alumni Sans Bold
- Alumni Sans ExtraBold Italic
- Alumni Sans ExtraBold
- Alumni Sans Black Italic
- Alumni Sans Black
Languages beyond basic Latin
Open fonts closest to Alumni 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.
- Alumni Sans SC Regularidentical letter widths (0 units)
- Alumni Sans Pinstripe Regularsimilar widths (24.8 units)
- Smooch Sans Regularloosely similar widths (30.4 units)
- Teko Regularloosely similar widths (33.6 units)
- Big Shoulders Text Regularloosely similar widths (33.8 units)
- Big Shoulders Stencil Text Regularloosely similar widths (34.1 units)
- Big Shoulders Regularloosely similar widths (34.2 units)
- Alumni Sans Collegiate One Regularloosely similar widths (34.6 units)
Compare Alumni Sans
Questions people ask
+Can I edit a PDF that uses Alumni Sans?
Yes. Drop the PDF into MythosPDF and click the text. New letters are set in Alumni Sans itself, loaded from the open font, so the edit matches the rest of the page.
+Is Alumni Sans free to use?
Alumni 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 Alumni Sans?
By measured letter widths, Alumni Sans SC is the closest match among open fonts (a mean difference of 0 units per 1000 em). Text set in one takes almost the same space in the other.
+Which languages does Alumni Sans support?
It includes these character sets: Cyrillic, Cyrillic Extended, Latin, Central European, Vietnamese.
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