Encode Sans SC
Encode Sans SC is a sans serif font in 9 weights, also available as a variable font. Its lowercase letters are 9% wider than the typical sans serif font. Last updated 11 September 2025.
Editing a PDF that uses Encode Sans SC
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 SC from the widths stored in your PDF, loads the complete open font, and sets your new text in Encode Sans SC itself. The rest of the page is carried over untouched.
Measured metrics
| Average lowercase letter width | 564.9 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 | 32% |
| Printable ASCII characters covered | 94 of 94 |
| Category | Sans serif |
Weights and styles
Languages beyond basic Latin
Open fonts closest to Encode Sans SC
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 Regularsimilar widths (21.2 units)
- Encode Sans Semi Expanded Regularsimilar widths (29 units)
- Encode Sans Semi Condensed Regularsimilar widths (29.6 units)
- Encode Sans Condensed Regularloosely similar widths (38.7 units)
- Scope One Regularloosely similar widths (41.9 units)
- Encode Sans Expanded Regularloosely similar widths (42.1 units)
- Mulish Regularloosely similar widths (43.1 units)
- Radio Canada Big Regularloosely similar widths (43.4 units)
Compare Encode Sans SC
Questions people ask
+Can I edit a PDF that uses Encode Sans SC?
Yes. Drop the PDF into MythosPDF and click the text. New letters are set in Encode Sans SC itself, loaded from the open font, so the edit matches the rest of the page.
+Is Encode Sans SC free to use?
Encode Sans SC 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 SC?
By measured letter widths, Encode Sans is the closest match among open fonts (a mean difference of 21.2 units per 1000 em). Text set in one takes almost the same space in the other.
+Which languages does Encode Sans SC support?
It includes these character sets: Latin, Central European, Vietnamese.
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