Carrois Gothic
Carrois Gothic is a sans serif font in 1 weight. Its lowercase letters are 8% narrower than the typical sans serif font. Last updated 10 September 2025.
Editing a PDF that uses Carrois Gothic
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 Carrois Gothic from the widths stored in your PDF, loads the complete open font, and sets your new text in Carrois Gothic itself. The rest of the page is carried over untouched.
Measured metrics
| Average lowercase letter width | 479.3 units per 1000 em |
|---|---|
| Average capital letter width | 554.3 units per 1000 em |
| Word space | 300 units per 1000 em |
| Digits | tabular (every digit is 540 units wide, so columns of numbers line up) |
| Spacing | proportional |
| Width of i compared with m | 29% |
| Printable ASCII characters covered | 94 of 94 |
| Category | Sans serif |
Weights and styles
Open fonts closest to Carrois Gothic
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.
- Carrois Gothic SC Regularsimilar widths (19 units)
- Gidole Regularsimilar widths (28.8 units)
- Signika Negative Regularsimilar widths (29.6 units)
- Signika Regularsimilar widths (29.8 units)
- IBM Plex Sans Condensed Regularsimilar widths (29.9 units)
- Magra Regularloosely similar widths (30.1 units)
- Overlock Regularloosely similar widths (30.6 units)
- Arya Regularloosely similar widths (31.7 units)
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Questions people ask
+Can I edit a PDF that uses Carrois Gothic?
Yes. Drop the PDF into MythosPDF and click the text. New letters are set in Carrois Gothic itself, loaded from the open font, so the edit matches the rest of the page.
+Is Carrois Gothic free to use?
Carrois Gothic 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 Carrois Gothic?
By measured letter widths, Carrois Gothic SC is the closest match among open fonts (a mean difference of 19 units per 1000 em). Text set in one takes almost the same space in the other.
+Which languages does Carrois Gothic support?
It includes these character sets: Latin.
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