Black Han Sans
Black Han Sans is a sans serif font in 1 weight. Its lowercase letters are 22% wider than the typical sans serif font. Last updated 10 September 2025.
Editing a PDF that uses Black Han 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 Black Han Sans from the widths stored in your PDF, loads the complete open font, and sets your new text in Black Han Sans itself. The rest of the page is carried over untouched.
Measured metrics
| Average lowercase letter width | 633.8 units per 1000 em |
|---|---|
| Average capital letter width | 696.3 units per 1000 em |
| Word space | 300 units per 1000 em |
| Digits | tabular (every digit is 600 units wide, so columns of numbers line up) |
| Spacing | proportional |
| Width of i compared with m | 35% |
| Printable ASCII characters covered | 93 of 94 |
| Category | Sans serif |
Weights and styles
Languages beyond basic Latin
Open fonts closest to Black Han 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.
- Kufam Regularloosely similar widths (41.1 units)
- Argentum Sans Regularloosely similar widths (43.7 units)
- Croissant One Regularloosely similar widths (43.7 units)
- Titan One Regularloosely similar widths (46.4 units)
- Noto Sans Canadian Aboriginal Regularloosely similar widths (47.7 units)
- Open Sans Regularloosely similar widths (47.8 units)
- Noto Sans Cherokee Regularloosely similar widths (47.9 units)
- Noto Sans Bengali Regularloosely similar widths (47.9 units)
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Questions people ask
+Can I edit a PDF that uses Black Han Sans?
Yes. Drop the PDF into MythosPDF and click the text. New letters are set in Black Han Sans itself, loaded from the open font, so the edit matches the rest of the page.
+Is Black Han Sans free to use?
Black Han 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 Black Han Sans?
By measured letter widths, Kufam is the closest match among open fonts (a mean difference of 41.1 units per 1000 em). Text set in one takes almost the same space in the other.
+Which languages does Black Han Sans support?
It includes these character sets: Korean, Latin.
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