Chakra Petch
Chakra Petch is a sans serif font in 5 weights with italics. Its lowercase letters are about as wide as the typical sans serif font. Last updated 16 September 2025.
Editing a PDF that uses Chakra Petch
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 Chakra Petch from the widths stored in your PDF, loads the complete open font, and sets your new text in Chakra Petch itself. The rest of the page is carried over untouched.
Measured metrics
| Average lowercase letter width | 511.3 units per 1000 em |
|---|---|
| Average capital letter width | 621.3 units per 1000 em |
| Word space | 244 units per 1000 em |
| Digits | proportional (digit widths differ) |
| Spacing | proportional |
| Width of i compared with m | 29% |
| Printable ASCII characters covered | 94 of 94 |
| Category | Sans serif |
Weights and styles
Languages beyond basic Latin
Open fonts closest to Chakra Petch
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.
- Bai Jamjuree Regularsimilar widths (15.8 units)
- Overpass Regularsimilar widths (27.6 units)
- Cossette Texte Regularsimilar widths (29.1 units)
- Atkinson Hyperlegible Next Regularsimilar widths (29.5 units)
- Rubik Regularloosely similar widths (30 units)
- National Park Regularloosely similar widths (30.1 units)
- Atkinson Hyperlegible Regularloosely similar widths (30.5 units)
- Radio Canada Big Regularloosely similar widths (32.2 units)
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Questions people ask
+Can I edit a PDF that uses Chakra Petch?
Yes. Drop the PDF into MythosPDF and click the text. New letters are set in Chakra Petch itself, loaded from the open font, so the edit matches the rest of the page.
+Is Chakra Petch free to use?
Chakra Petch 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 Chakra Petch?
By measured letter widths, Bai Jamjuree is the closest match among open fonts (a mean difference of 15.8 units per 1000 em). Text set in one takes almost the same space in the other.
+Which languages does Chakra Petch support?
It includes these character sets: Latin, Central European, Thai, Vietnamese.
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