Encode Sans
Encode Sans is a sans serif font in 9 weights, also available as a variable font. Its lowercase letters are 3% narrower than the typical sans serif font. Last updated 5 September 2025.
Editing a PDF that uses Encode 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 Encode Sans from the widths stored in your PDF, loads the complete open font, and sets your new text in Encode Sans itself. The rest of the page is carried over untouched.
Measured metrics
| Average lowercase letter width | 500.8 units per 1000 em |
|---|---|
| Average capital letter width | 632.5 units per 1000 em |
| Word space | 244.5 units per 1000 em |
| Digits | proportional (digit widths differ) |
| Spacing | proportional |
| Width of i compared with m | 27% |
| Printable ASCII characters covered | 94 of 94 |
| Category | Sans serif |
Weights and styles
Languages beyond basic Latin
Open fonts closest to Encode 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.
- Encode Sans Semi Expanded Regularvery close widths (10.8 units)
- Encode Sans Semi Condensed Regularvery close widths (11.4 units)
- Encode Sans SC Regularsimilar widths (21.2 units)
- Encode Sans Condensed Regularsimilar widths (22.3 units)
- Nunito Sans Regularsimilar widths (29.3 units)
- Shanti Regularsimilar widths (29.6 units)
- Nunito Regularloosely similar widths (30.9 units)
- Chiron GoRound TC Regularloosely similar widths (31.3 units)
Compare Encode Sans
Questions people ask
+Can I edit a PDF that uses Encode Sans?
Yes. Drop the PDF into MythosPDF and click the text. New letters are set in Encode Sans itself, loaded from the open font, so the edit matches the rest of the page.
+Is Encode Sans free to use?
Encode 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 Encode Sans?
By measured letter widths, Encode Sans Semi Expanded is the closest match among open fonts (a mean difference of 10.8 units per 1000 em). Text set in one takes almost the same space in the other.
+Which languages does Encode Sans support?
It includes these character sets: Latin, Central European, Vietnamese.
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