Gothic A1
Gothic A1 is a sans serif font in 9 weights. Its lowercase letters are 3% narrower than the typical sans serif font. Last updated 11 September 2025.
Editing a PDF that uses Gothic A1
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 Gothic A1 from the widths stored in your PDF, loads the complete open font, and sets your new text in Gothic A1 itself. The rest of the page is carried over untouched.
Measured metrics
| Average lowercase letter width | 502.7 units per 1000 em |
|---|---|
| Average capital letter width | 636.6 units per 1000 em |
| Word space | 244.1 units per 1000 em |
| Digits | tabular (every digit is 555.7 units wide, so columns of numbers line up) |
| 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 Gothic A1
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.
- 42dot Sans Regularloosely similar widths (37.1 units)
- Asta Sans Regularloosely similar widths (37.1 units)
- Viga Regularloosely similar widths (38.6 units)
- Signika Regularloosely similar widths (38.6 units)
- Signika Negative Regularloosely similar widths (38.9 units)
- Roboto Flex Regularloosely similar widths (39 units)
- Vazirmatn Regularloosely similar widths (39.1 units)
- Noto Sans TC Regularloosely similar widths (39.2 units)
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Questions people ask
+Can I edit a PDF that uses Gothic A1?
Yes. Drop the PDF into MythosPDF and click the text. New letters are set in Gothic A1 itself, loaded from the open font, so the edit matches the rest of the page.
+Is Gothic A1 free to use?
Gothic A1 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 Gothic A1?
By measured letter widths, 42dot Sans is the closest match among open fonts (a mean difference of 37.1 units per 1000 em). Text set in one takes almost the same space in the other.
+Which languages does Gothic A1 support?
It includes these character sets: Cyrillic, Cyrillic Extended, Greek, Greek Extended, Korean, Latin, Central European, Vietnamese.
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