GFS Neohellenic
GFS Neohellenic is a sans serif font in 2 weights with italics. Its lowercase letters are 24% narrower than the typical sans serif font. Last updated 16 September 2025.
Editing a PDF that uses GFS Neohellenic
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 GFS Neohellenic from the widths stored in your PDF, loads the complete open font, and sets your new text in GFS Neohellenic itself. The rest of the page is carried over untouched.
Measured metrics
| Average lowercase letter width | 396 units per 1000 em |
|---|---|
| Average capital letter width | 575.3 units per 1000 em |
| Word space | 398 units per 1000 em |
| Digits | tabular (every digit is 535 units wide, so columns of numbers line up) |
| 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 GFS Neohellenic
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 Condensed Regularloosely similar widths (51.4 units)
- IBM Plex Sans Condensed Regularloosely similar widths (51.4 units)
- Ancizar Sans Regularloosely similar widths (51.7 units)
- Stylish Regularloosely similar widths (52.5 units)
- Encode Sans Semi Condensed Regularloosely similar widths (53 units)
- NTR Regularloosely similar widths (54.2 units)
- Abel Regularloosely similar widths (55.3 units)
- Sarabun Regularloosely similar widths (55.8 units)
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Questions people ask
+Can I edit a PDF that uses GFS Neohellenic?
Yes. Drop the PDF into MythosPDF and click the text. New letters are set in GFS Neohellenic itself, loaded from the open font, so the edit matches the rest of the page.
+Is GFS Neohellenic free to use?
GFS Neohellenic 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 GFS Neohellenic?
By measured letter widths, Encode Sans Condensed is the closest match among open fonts (a mean difference of 51.4 units per 1000 em). Text set in one takes almost the same space in the other.
+Which languages does GFS Neohellenic support?
It includes these character sets: Greek, Greek Extended, Latin, Vietnamese.
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