Amiko
Amiko is a sans serif font in 3 weights. Its lowercase letters are 8% wider than the typical sans serif font. Last updated 16 September 2025.
Editing a PDF that uses Amiko
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 Amiko from the widths stored in your PDF, loads the complete open font, and sets your new text in Amiko itself. The rest of the page is carried over untouched.
Measured metrics
| Average lowercase letter width | 560 units per 1000 em |
|---|---|
| Average capital letter width | 710 units per 1000 em |
| Word space | 280 units per 1000 em |
| Digits | tabular (every digit is 620 units wide, so columns of numbers line up) |
| Spacing | proportional |
| Width of i compared with m | 30% |
| Printable ASCII characters covered | 94 of 94 |
| Category | Sans serif |
Weights and styles
Languages beyond basic Latin
Open fonts closest to Amiko
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.
- Argentum Sans Regularsimilar widths (28.4 units)
- Mulish Regularsimilar widths (28.6 units)
- Chiron GoRound TC Regularsimilar widths (29.6 units)
- Varela Round Regularsimilar widths (29.9 units)
- Nunito Regularloosely similar widths (30.1 units)
- Varela Regularloosely similar widths (30.2 units)
- Gotu Regularloosely similar widths (30.7 units)
- Mona Sans Regularloosely similar widths (30.9 units)
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Questions people ask
+Can I edit a PDF that uses Amiko?
Yes. Drop the PDF into MythosPDF and click the text. New letters are set in Amiko itself, loaded from the open font, so the edit matches the rest of the page.
+Is Amiko free to use?
Amiko 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 Amiko?
By measured letter widths, Argentum Sans is the closest match among open fonts (a mean difference of 28.4 units per 1000 em). Text set in one takes almost the same space in the other.
+Which languages does Amiko support?
It includes these character sets: Devanagari, Latin, Central European.
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