Annapurna SIL
Annapurna SIL is a serif font in 2 weights. Its lowercase letters are 13% narrower than the typical serif font. Last updated 30 May 2025.
Editing a PDF that uses Annapurna SIL
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 Annapurna SIL from the widths stored in your PDF, loads the complete open font, and sets your new text in Annapurna SIL itself. The rest of the page is carried over untouched.
Measured metrics
| Average lowercase letter width | 450.5 units per 1000 em |
|---|---|
| Average capital letter width | 578.3 units per 1000 em |
| Word space | 293 units per 1000 em |
| Digits | tabular (every digit is 506.8 units wide, so columns of numbers line up) |
| Spacing | proportional |
| Width of i compared with m | 36% |
| Printable ASCII characters covered | 94 of 94 |
| Category | Serif |
Weights and styles
Languages beyond basic Latin
Open fonts closest to Annapurna SIL
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.
- Ancizar Sans Regularloosely similar widths (40.2 units)
- Alyamama Regularloosely similar widths (45.4 units)
- Epunda Sans Regularloosely similar widths (46.3 units)
- Ancizar Serif Regularloosely similar widths (46.8 units)
- Yantramanav Regularloosely similar widths (49.6 units)
- Carlito Regularloosely similar widths (49.7 units)
- Averia Sans Libre Regularloosely similar widths (49.8 units)
- Athiti Regularloosely similar widths (49.8 units)
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Questions people ask
+Can I edit a PDF that uses Annapurna SIL?
Yes. Drop the PDF into MythosPDF and click the text. New letters are set in Annapurna SIL itself, loaded from the open font, so the edit matches the rest of the page.
+Is Annapurna SIL free to use?
Annapurna SIL 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 Annapurna SIL?
By measured letter widths, Ancizar Sans is the closest match among open fonts (a mean difference of 40.2 units per 1000 em). Text set in one takes almost the same space in the other.
+Which languages does Annapurna SIL support?
It includes these character sets: Devanagari, Latin, Central European, Math symbols, Symbols.
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