DejaVu Sans
DejaVu Sans is a sans serif font in 2 weights with italics. Its lowercase letters are 9% wider than the typical sans serif font. Last updated 15 May 2023.
Editing a PDF that uses DejaVu 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 DejaVu Sans from the widths stored in your PDF, loads the complete open font, and sets your new text in DejaVu Sans itself. The rest of the page is carried over untouched.
Measured metrics
| Average lowercase letter width | 563.3 units per 1000 em |
|---|---|
| Average capital letter width | 672.7 units per 1000 em |
| Word space | 317.9 units per 1000 em |
| Digits | tabular (every digit is 636.2 units wide, so columns of numbers line up) |
| Spacing | proportional |
| Width of i compared with m | 28% |
| Printable ASCII characters covered | 94 of 94 |
| Category | Sans serif |
Weights and styles
Open fonts closest to DejaVu 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.
- DejaVu Serif Regularsimilar widths (25.9 units)
- DejaVu Math Regularloosely similar widths (37.3 units)
- Kameron Regularloosely similar widths (41.1 units)
- TikTok Sans Regularloosely similar widths (44.2 units)
- Manrope Regularloosely similar widths (47.4 units)
- Hauora Sans Regularloosely similar widths (47.4 units)
- IBM Plex Sans JP Regularloosely similar widths (48.5 units)
- Konkhmer Sleokchher Regularloosely similar widths (48.6 units)
Compare DejaVu Sans
Questions people ask
+Can I edit a PDF that uses DejaVu Sans?
Yes. Drop the PDF into MythosPDF and click the text. New letters are set in DejaVu Sans itself, loaded from the open font, so the edit matches the rest of the page.
+Is DejaVu Sans free to use?
DejaVu 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 DejaVu Sans?
By measured letter widths, DejaVu Serif is the closest match among open fonts (a mean difference of 25.9 units per 1000 em). Text set in one takes almost the same space in the other.
+Which languages does DejaVu Sans support?
It includes these character sets: Latin.
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