Dosis
Dosis is a sans serif font in 7 weights, also available as a variable font. Its lowercase letters are 18% narrower than the typical sans serif font. Last updated 11 September 2025.
Editing a PDF that uses Dosis
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 Dosis from the widths stored in your PDF, loads the complete open font, and sets your new text in Dosis itself. The rest of the page is carried over untouched.
Measured metrics
| Average lowercase letter width | 427.2 units per 1000 em |
|---|---|
| Average capital letter width | 528.6 units per 1000 em |
| Word space | 200 units per 1000 em |
| Digits | proportional (digit widths differ) |
| Spacing | proportional |
| Width of i compared with m | 24% |
| Printable ASCII characters covered | 94 of 94 |
| Category | Sans serif |
Weights and styles
Languages beyond basic Latin
Open fonts closest to Dosis
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.
- Oranienbaum Regularsimilar widths (29.9 units)
- Barlow Semi Condensed Regularloosely similar widths (30 units)
- Rajdhani Regularloosely similar widths (32.3 units)
- Cuprum Regularloosely similar widths (33.1 units)
- Anek Gujarati Regularloosely similar widths (33.8 units)
- Anek Bangla Regularloosely similar widths (33.9 units)
- Anek Odia Regularloosely similar widths (34 units)
- Anek Devanagari Regularloosely similar widths (34 units)
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Questions people ask
+Can I edit a PDF that uses Dosis?
Yes. Drop the PDF into MythosPDF and click the text. New letters are set in Dosis itself, loaded from the open font, so the edit matches the rest of the page.
+Is Dosis free to use?
Dosis 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 Dosis?
By measured letter widths, Oranienbaum is the closest match among open fonts (a mean difference of 29.9 units per 1000 em). Text set in one takes almost the same space in the other.
+Which languages does Dosis support?
It includes these character sets: Latin, Central European, Vietnamese.
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