Familjen Grotesk
Familjen Grotesk is a sans serif font in 4 weights with italics, also available as a variable font. Its lowercase letters are 8% narrower than the typical sans serif font. Last updated 11 September 2025.
Editing a PDF that uses Familjen Grotesk
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 Familjen Grotesk from the widths stored in your PDF, loads the complete open font, and sets your new text in Familjen Grotesk itself. The rest of the page is carried over untouched.
Measured metrics
| Average lowercase letter width | 479.5 units per 1000 em |
|---|---|
| Average capital letter width | 593.3 units per 1000 em |
| Word space | 200 units per 1000 em |
| Digits | tabular (every digit is 566.7 units wide, so columns of numbers line up) |
| Spacing | proportional |
| Width of i compared with m | 29% |
| Printable ASCII characters covered | 94 of 94 |
| Category | Sans serif |
Weights and styles
Languages beyond basic Latin
Open fonts closest to Familjen Grotesk
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.
- Sunflower Lightsimilar widths (26.3 units)
- Murecho Regularsimilar widths (27.1 units)
- Titillium Web Regularsimilar widths (28.6 units)
- Cairo Play Regularsimilar widths (28.7 units)
- Cairo Regularsimilar widths (28.7 units)
- IBM Plex Sans Thai Regularsimilar widths (29.7 units)
- IBM Plex Sans KR Regularsimilar widths (29.7 units)
- IBM Plex Sans Devanagari Regularsimilar widths (29.7 units)
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Questions people ask
+Can I edit a PDF that uses Familjen Grotesk?
Yes. Drop the PDF into MythosPDF and click the text. New letters are set in Familjen Grotesk itself, loaded from the open font, so the edit matches the rest of the page.
+Is Familjen Grotesk free to use?
Familjen Grotesk 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 Familjen Grotesk?
By measured letter widths, Sunflower is the closest match among open fonts (a mean difference of 26.3 units per 1000 em). Text set in one takes almost the same space in the other.
+Which languages does Familjen Grotesk support?
It includes these character sets: Latin, Central European, Vietnamese.
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