Chokokutai
Chokokutai is a display font in 1 weight. Its lowercase letters are 8% wider than the typical display font. Last updated 8 September 2025.
Editing a PDF that uses Chokokutai
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 Chokokutai from the widths stored in your PDF, loads the complete open font, and sets your new text in Chokokutai itself. The rest of the page is carried over untouched.
Measured metrics
| Average lowercase letter width | 563.8 units per 1000 em |
|---|---|
| Average capital letter width | 726.2 units per 1000 em |
| Word space | 350 units per 1000 em |
| Digits | proportional (digit widths differ) |
| Spacing | proportional |
| Width of i compared with m | 45% |
| Printable ASCII characters covered | 94 of 94 |
| Category | Display |
Weights and styles
Languages beyond basic Latin
Open fonts closest to Chokokutai
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.
- Libre Franklin Regularloosely similar widths (58.2 units)
- Open Sauce Sans Light Italicloosely similar widths (59.1 units)
- Open Sauce One Regularloosely similar widths (59.1 units)
- Open Sauce Two Regularloosely similar widths (59.3 units)
- Kodchasan Regularloosely similar widths (59.5 units)
- Fahkwang Regularloosely similar widths (60.7 units)
- Varela Round Regularloosely similar widths (61.2 units)
- Public Sans Regularloosely similar widths (61.7 units)
Compare Chokokutai
Questions people ask
+Can I edit a PDF that uses Chokokutai?
Yes. Drop the PDF into MythosPDF and click the text. New letters are set in Chokokutai itself, loaded from the open font, so the edit matches the rest of the page.
+Is Chokokutai free to use?
Chokokutai 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 Chokokutai?
By measured letter widths, Libre Franklin is the closest match among open fonts (a mean difference of 58.2 units per 1000 em). Text set in one takes almost the same space in the other.
+Which languages does Chokokutai support?
It includes these character sets: Japanese, Latin, Central European, Vietnamese.
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