Golos Text
Golos Text is a sans serif font in 6 weights, also available as a variable font. Its lowercase letters are 5% wider than the typical sans serif font. Last updated 11 September 2025.
Editing a PDF that uses Golos Text
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 Golos Text from the widths stored in your PDF, loads the complete open font, and sets your new text in Golos Text itself. The rest of the page is carried over untouched.
Measured metrics
| Average lowercase letter width | 545.4 units per 1000 em |
|---|---|
| Average capital letter width | 672.1 units per 1000 em |
| Word space | 250 units per 1000 em |
| Digits | proportional (digit widths differ) |
| Spacing | proportional |
| Width of i compared with m | 30% |
| Printable ASCII characters covered | 94 of 94 |
| Category | Sans serif |
Weights and styles
Languages beyond basic Latin
Open fonts closest to Golos Text
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.
- Onest Regularsimilar widths (26.2 units)
- Kantumruy Pro Regularsimilar widths (26.3 units)
- Ubuntu Regularsimilar widths (26.7 units)
- Ubuntu Sans Regularsimilar widths (26.7 units)
- Work Sans Regularsimilar widths (26.8 units)
- Asta Sans Regularsimilar widths (27.6 units)
- 42dot Sans Regularsimilar widths (27.6 units)
- Miranda Sans Regularsimilar widths (27.7 units)
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Questions people ask
+Can I edit a PDF that uses Golos Text?
Yes. Drop the PDF into MythosPDF and click the text. New letters are set in Golos Text itself, loaded from the open font, so the edit matches the rest of the page.
+Is Golos Text free to use?
Golos Text 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 Golos Text?
By measured letter widths, Onest is the closest match among open fonts (a mean difference of 26.2 units per 1000 em). Text set in one takes almost the same space in the other.
+Which languages does Golos Text support?
It includes these character sets: Cyrillic, Cyrillic Extended, Latin, Central European.
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