Elms Sans
Elms Sans is a sans serif font in 9 weights with italics, also available as a variable font. Its lowercase letters are about as wide as the typical sans serif font. Last updated 10 December 2025.
Editing a PDF that uses Elms 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 Elms Sans from the widths stored in your PDF, loads the complete open font, and sets your new text in Elms Sans itself. The rest of the page is carried over untouched.
Measured metrics
| Average lowercase letter width | 525.6 units per 1000 em |
|---|---|
| Average capital letter width | 668 units per 1000 em |
| Word space | 429 units per 1000 em |
| Digits | proportional (digit widths differ) |
| Spacing | proportional |
| Width of i compared with m | 23% |
| Printable ASCII characters covered | 94 of 94 |
| Category | Sans serif |
Weights and styles
- Elms Sans Thin Italic
- Elms Sans Thin
- Elms Sans ExtraLight Italic
- Elms Sans ExtraLight
- Elms Sans Light Italic
- Elms Sans Light
- Elms Sans Italic
- Elms Sans Regular
- Elms Sans Medium Italic
- Elms Sans Medium
- Elms Sans SemiBold Italic
- Elms Sans SemiBold
- Elms Sans Bold Italic
- Elms Sans Bold
- Elms Sans ExtraBold Italic
- Elms Sans ExtraBold
- Elms Sans Black Italic
- Elms Sans Black
Languages beyond basic Latin
Open fonts closest to Elms 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.
- Google Sans Flex Regularloosely similar widths (40.8 units)
- Albert Sans Regularloosely similar widths (41 units)
- Rethink Sans Regularloosely similar widths (41.8 units)
- Fustat Regularloosely similar widths (42.2 units)
- Figtree Regularloosely similar widths (42.8 units)
- Quicksand Regularloosely similar widths (43.1 units)
- TikTok Sans Regularloosely similar widths (43.7 units)
- Google Sans Regularloosely similar widths (43.9 units)
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Questions people ask
+Can I edit a PDF that uses Elms Sans?
Yes. Drop the PDF into MythosPDF and click the text. New letters are set in Elms Sans itself, loaded from the open font, so the edit matches the rest of the page.
+Is Elms Sans free to use?
Elms 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 Elms Sans?
By measured letter widths, Google Sans Flex is the closest match among open fonts (a mean difference of 40.8 units per 1000 em). Text set in one takes almost the same space in the other.
+Which languages does Elms Sans support?
It includes these character sets: Latin, Central European, Vietnamese.
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