Anek Tamil
Anek Tamil 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 Tamil
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 Tamil from the widths stored in your PDF, loads the complete open font, and sets your new text in Anek Tamil itself. The rest of the page is carried over untouched.
Measured metrics
| Average lowercase letter width | 478.6 units per 1000 em |
|---|---|
| Average capital letter width | 560.7 units per 1000 em |
| Word space | 278 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 Tamil
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 Gurmukhi Regularidentical letter widths (0 units)
- Anek Kannada Regularidentical letter widths (0.4 units)
- Anek Malayalam Regularidentical letter widths (0.4 units)
- Anek Telugu Regularnearly identical widths (0.6 units)
- Anek Devanagari Regularnearly identical widths (0.7 units)
- Anek Latin Regularnearly identical widths (0.7 units)
- Anek Odia Regularnearly identical widths (0.7 units)
- Anek Gujarati Regularnearly identical widths (0.8 units)
Compare Anek Tamil
Questions people ask
+Can I edit a PDF that uses Anek Tamil?
Yes. Drop the PDF into MythosPDF and click the text. New letters are set in Anek Tamil itself, loaded from the open font, so the edit matches the rest of the page.
+Is Anek Tamil free to use?
Anek Tamil 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 Tamil?
By measured letter widths, Anek Gurmukhi 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 Anek Tamil support?
It includes these character sets: Latin, Central European, Tamil.
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