Encode Sans Condensed
Encode Sans Condensed is a sans serif font in 9 weights. Its lowercase letters are 17% narrower than the typical sans serif font. Last updated 30 June 2026.
Editing a PDF that uses Encode Sans Condensed
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 Condensed from the widths stored in your PDF, loads the complete open font, and sets your new text in Encode Sans Condensed itself. The rest of the page is carried over untouched.
Measured metrics
| Average lowercase letter width | 430.7 units per 1000 em |
|---|---|
| Average capital letter width | 550.7 units per 1000 em |
| Word space | 210.5 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 Condensed
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 Condensed Regularvery close widths (12.3 units)
- Crimson Pro Regularsimilar widths (28.8 units)
- Alegreya Sans Regularloosely similar widths (30 units)
- Stylish Regularloosely similar widths (30.9 units)
- Balthazar Regularloosely similar widths (31 units)
- Cabin Condensed Regularloosely similar widths (33.6 units)
- Grenze Regularloosely similar widths (34.1 units)
- Yrsa Regularloosely similar widths (34.8 units)
Compare Encode Sans Condensed
- Encode Sans Condensed vs Alegreya Sans
- Encode Sans Condensed vs Amaranth
- Encode Sans Condensed vs Cabin Condensed
- Encode Sans Condensed vs Crimson Pro
- Encode Sans Condensed vs Encode Sans Semi Condensed
- Encode Sans Condensed vs GFS Neohellenic
- Encode Sans Condensed vs Grenze
- Encode Sans Condensed vs Slabo 27px
Questions people ask
+Can I edit a PDF that uses Encode Sans Condensed?
Yes. Drop the PDF into MythosPDF and click the text. New letters are set in Encode Sans Condensed itself, loaded from the open font, so the edit matches the rest of the page.
+Is Encode Sans Condensed free to use?
Encode Sans Condensed 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 Condensed?
By measured letter widths, Encode Sans Semi Condensed is the closest match among open fonts (a mean difference of 12.3 units per 1000 em). Text set in one takes almost the same space in the other.
+Which languages does Encode Sans Condensed support?
It includes these character sets: Latin, Central European, Vietnamese.
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