Anek Bangla
Anek Bangla is a sans serif font in 8 weights, also available as a variable font. Its lowercase letters are 8% narrower than the typical sans serif font. Last updated 16 September 2025.
Editing a PDF that uses Anek Bangla
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 Anek Bangla from the widths stored in your PDF, loads the complete open font, and sets your new text in Anek Bangla itself. The rest of the page is carried over untouched.
Measured metrics
| Average lowercase letter width | 478.5 units per 1000 em |
|---|---|
| Average capital letter width | 560.7 units per 1000 em |
| Word space | 178.5 units per 1000 em |
| Digits | proportional (digit widths differ) |
| Spacing | proportional |
| Width of i compared with m | 27% |
| Printable ASCII characters covered | 94 of 94 |
| Category | Sans serif |
Weights and styles
Languages beyond basic Latin
Open fonts closest to Anek Bangla
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.
- Anek Gujarati Regularidentical letter widths (0.2 units)
- Anek Odia Regularidentical letter widths (0.3 units)
- Anek Latin Regularidentical letter widths (0.4 units)
- Anek Devanagari Regularidentical letter widths (0.4 units)
- Anek Telugu Regularnearly identical widths (0.6 units)
- Anek Malayalam Regularnearly identical widths (0.7 units)
- Anek Kannada Regularnearly identical widths (0.7 units)
- Anek Gurmukhi Regularnearly identical widths (1 units)
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Questions people ask
+Can I edit a PDF that uses Anek Bangla?
Yes. Drop the PDF into MythosPDF and click the text. New letters are set in Anek Bangla itself, loaded from the open font, so the edit matches the rest of the page.
+Is Anek Bangla free to use?
Anek Bangla 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 Anek Bangla?
By measured letter widths, Anek Gujarati 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 Anek Bangla support?
It includes these character sets: Bengali, Latin, Central European.
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