Ancizar Sans
Ancizar Sans is a sans serif font in 9 weights with italics, also available as a variable font. Its lowercase letters are 14% narrower than the typical sans serif font. Last updated 11 September 2025.
Editing a PDF that uses Ancizar 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 Ancizar Sans from the widths stored in your PDF, loads the complete open font, and sets your new text in Ancizar Sans itself. The rest of the page is carried over untouched.
Measured metrics
| Average lowercase letter width | 444.8 units per 1000 em |
|---|---|
| Average capital letter width | 563 units per 1000 em |
| Word space | 215 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
- Ancizar Sans Thin Italic
- Ancizar Sans Thin
- Ancizar Sans ExtraLight Italic
- Ancizar Sans ExtraLight
- Ancizar Sans Light Italic
- Ancizar Sans Light
- Ancizar Sans Italic
- Ancizar Sans Regular
- Ancizar Sans Medium Italic
- Ancizar Sans Medium
- Ancizar Sans SemiBold Italic
- Ancizar Sans SemiBold
- Ancizar Sans Bold Italic
- Ancizar Sans Bold
- Ancizar Sans ExtraBold Italic
- Ancizar Sans ExtraBold
- Ancizar Sans Black Italic
- Ancizar Sans Black
Languages beyond basic Latin
Open fonts closest to Ancizar 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.
- Alyamama Regularsimilar widths (24.5 units)
- Ancizar Serif Regularsimilar widths (26.7 units)
- Galdeano Regularloosely similar widths (32.1 units)
- IBM Plex Sans Condensed Regularloosely similar widths (33.4 units)
- Crimson Pro Regularloosely similar widths (33.7 units)
- Stylish Regularloosely similar widths (33.9 units)
- Epunda Sans Regularloosely similar widths (34 units)
- Carlito Regularloosely similar widths (34.2 units)
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Questions people ask
+Can I edit a PDF that uses Ancizar Sans?
Yes. Drop the PDF into MythosPDF and click the text. New letters are set in Ancizar Sans itself, loaded from the open font, so the edit matches the rest of the page.
+Is Ancizar Sans free to use?
Ancizar 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 Ancizar Sans?
By measured letter widths, Alyamama is the closest match among open fonts (a mean difference of 24.5 units per 1000 em). Text set in one takes almost the same space in the other.
+Which languages does Ancizar Sans support?
It includes these character sets: Greek, Latin, Central European.
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