Cantarell
Cantarell is a sans serif font in 2 weights with italics. Its lowercase letters are about as wide as the typical sans serif font. Last updated 5 September 2025.
Editing a PDF that uses Cantarell
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 Cantarell from the widths stored in your PDF, loads the complete open font, and sets your new text in Cantarell itself. The rest of the page is carried over untouched.
Measured metrics
| Average lowercase letter width | 516.9 units per 1000 em |
|---|---|
| Average capital letter width | 699.4 units per 1000 em |
| Word space | 273.4 units per 1000 em |
| Digits | tabular (every digit is 634.8 units wide, so columns of numbers line up) |
| Spacing | proportional |
| Width of i compared with m | 30% |
| Printable ASCII characters covered | 94 of 94 |
| Category | Sans serif |
Weights and styles
Languages beyond basic Latin
Open fonts closest to Cantarell
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.
- Nunito Sans Regularloosely similar widths (40.7 units)
- IBM Plex Sans JP Regularloosely similar widths (40.7 units)
- Open Runde Regularloosely similar widths (41.2 units)
- Poltawski Nowy Regularloosely similar widths (41.7 units)
- Varela Regularloosely similar widths (41.9 units)
- Nunito Regularloosely similar widths (42 units)
- Chiron GoRound TC Regularloosely similar widths (42 units)
- Varela Round Regularloosely similar widths (42.2 units)
Compare Cantarell
Questions people ask
+Can I edit a PDF that uses Cantarell?
Yes. Drop the PDF into MythosPDF and click the text. New letters are set in Cantarell itself, loaded from the open font, so the edit matches the rest of the page.
+Is Cantarell free to use?
Cantarell 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 Cantarell?
By measured letter widths, Nunito Sans is the closest match among open fonts (a mean difference of 40.7 units per 1000 em). Text set in one takes almost the same space in the other.
+Which languages does Cantarell support?
It includes these character sets: Latin, Central European.
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