Andika
Andika is a sans serif font in 2 weights with italics. Its lowercase letters are about as wide as the typical sans serif font. Last updated 10 September 2025.
Editing a PDF that uses Andika
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 Andika from the widths stored in your PDF, loads the complete open font, and sets your new text in Andika itself. The rest of the page is carried over untouched.
Measured metrics
| Average lowercase letter width | 514.8 units per 1000 em |
|---|---|
| Average capital letter width | 656.1 units per 1000 em |
| Word space | 268.6 units per 1000 em |
| Digits | tabular (every digit is 585.9 units wide, so columns of numbers line up) |
| Spacing | proportional |
| Width of i compared with m | 34% |
| Printable ASCII characters covered | 94 of 94 |
| Category | Sans serif |
Weights and styles
Languages beyond basic Latin
Open fonts closest to Andika
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.
- Kanchenjunga Regularidentical letter widths (0.2 units)
- Averia Libre Regularsimilar widths (29.3 units)
- Play Regularloosely similar widths (33.7 units)
- Averia Sans Libre Regularloosely similar widths (34.1 units)
- Oxanium Regularloosely similar widths (34.2 units)
- Istok Web Regularloosely similar widths (35.2 units)
- Murecho Regularloosely similar widths (35.5 units)
- Maven Pro Regularloosely similar widths (36.3 units)
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Questions people ask
+Can I edit a PDF that uses Andika?
Yes. Drop the PDF into MythosPDF and click the text. New letters are set in Andika itself, loaded from the open font, so the edit matches the rest of the page.
+Is Andika free to use?
Andika 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 Andika?
By measured letter widths, Kanchenjunga is the closest match among open fonts (a mean difference of 0.2 units per 1000 em). Text set in one takes almost the same space in the other.
+Which languages does Andika support?
It includes these character sets: Cyrillic, Cyrillic Extended, Latin, Central European, Vietnamese.
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