Asta Sans
Asta Sans is a sans serif font in 6 weights, also available as a variable font. Its lowercase letters are about as wide as the typical sans serif font. Last updated 8 September 2025.
Editing a PDF that uses Asta 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 Asta Sans from the widths stored in your PDF, loads the complete open font, and sets your new text in Asta Sans itself. The rest of the page is carried over untouched.
Measured metrics
| Average lowercase letter width | 514 units per 1000 em |
|---|---|
| Average capital letter width | 646 units per 1000 em |
| Word space | 246 units per 1000 em |
| Digits | proportional (digit widths differ) |
| Spacing | proportional |
| Width of i compared with m | 28% |
| Printable ASCII characters covered | 94 of 94 |
| Category | Sans serif |
Weights and styles
Languages beyond basic Latin
Open fonts closest to Asta 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.
- 42dot Sans Regularidentical letter widths (0 units)
- Pretendard Regularsimilar widths (22.6 units)
- Inter Tight Regularsimilar widths (25.6 units)
- IBM Plex Sans Arabic Regularsimilar widths (26.4 units)
- IBM Plex Sans Devanagari Regularsimilar widths (26.4 units)
- IBM Plex Sans Hebrew Regularsimilar widths (26.4 units)
- IBM Plex Sans KR Regularsimilar widths (26.4 units)
- IBM Plex Sans Regularsimilar widths (26.4 units)
Compare Asta Sans
Questions people ask
+Can I edit a PDF that uses Asta Sans?
Yes. Drop the PDF into MythosPDF and click the text. New letters are set in Asta Sans itself, loaded from the open font, so the edit matches the rest of the page.
+Is Asta Sans free to use?
Asta 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 Asta Sans?
By measured letter widths, 42dot Sans 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 Asta Sans support?
It includes these character sets: Korean, Latin.
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