DotGothic16
DotGothic16 is a sans serif font in 1 weight. Its lowercase letters are 4% narrower than the typical sans serif font. Last updated 11 September 2025.
Editing a PDF that uses DotGothic16
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 DotGothic16 from the widths stored in your PDF, loads the complete open font, and sets your new text in DotGothic16 itself. The rest of the page is carried over untouched.
Measured metrics
| Average lowercase letter width | 500 units per 1000 em |
|---|---|
| Average capital letter width | 500 units per 1000 em |
| Word space | 500 units per 1000 em |
| Digits | tabular (every digit is 500 units wide, so columns of numbers line up) |
| Spacing | monospaced |
| Width of i compared with m | 100% |
| Printable ASCII characters covered | 94 of 94 |
| Category | Sans serif |
Weights and styles
Languages beyond basic Latin
Open fonts closest to DotGothic16
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.
- Inconsolata Regularidentical letter widths (0 units)
- Fusion Pixel 8px Monospaced JP Regularidentical letter widths (0 units)
- Iosevka Curly Regularidentical letter widths (0 units)
- Fusion Pixel 12px Monospaced TC Regularidentical letter widths (0 units)
- Fusion Pixel 12px Monospaced SC Regularidentical letter widths (0 units)
- Fusion Pixel 12px Monospaced KR Regularidentical letter widths (0 units)
- Fusion Pixel 12px Monospaced JP Regularidentical letter widths (0 units)
- Bytesized Regularidentical letter widths (0 units)
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Questions people ask
+Can I edit a PDF that uses DotGothic16?
Yes. Drop the PDF into MythosPDF and click the text. New letters are set in DotGothic16 itself, loaded from the open font, so the edit matches the rest of the page.
+Is DotGothic16 free to use?
DotGothic16 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 DotGothic16?
By measured letter widths, Inconsolata is the closest match among open fonts (a mean difference of 0 units per 1000 em). Text set in one takes almost the same space in the other.
+Which languages does DotGothic16 support?
It includes these character sets: Cyrillic, Japanese, Latin, Central European.
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