Gotu
Gotu is a sans serif font in 1 weight. Its lowercase letters are 7% wider than the typical sans serif font. Last updated 11 September 2025.
Editing a PDF that uses Gotu
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 Gotu from the widths stored in your PDF, loads the complete open font, and sets your new text in Gotu itself. The rest of the page is carried over untouched.
Measured metrics
| Average lowercase letter width | 557.7 units per 1000 em |
|---|---|
| Average capital letter width | 689.5 units per 1000 em |
| Word space | 265 units per 1000 em |
| Digits | proportional (digit widths differ) |
| Spacing | proportional |
| Width of i compared with m | 28% |
| Printable ASCII characters covered | 94 of 94 |
| Category | Sans serif |
Weights and styles
Languages beyond basic Latin
Open fonts closest to Gotu
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.
- Bricolage Grotesque Regularsimilar widths (29.7 units)
- Mona Sans Regularloosely similar widths (30.2 units)
- Brygada 1918 Regularloosely similar widths (30.2 units)
- Amiko Regularloosely similar widths (30.7 units)
- Bitter Regularloosely similar widths (31.3 units)
- Nebula Sans Regularloosely similar widths (31.9 units)
- Mozilla Text Regularloosely similar widths (32 units)
- Libre Franklin Regularloosely similar widths (32.8 units)
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Questions people ask
+Can I edit a PDF that uses Gotu?
Yes. Drop the PDF into MythosPDF and click the text. New letters are set in Gotu itself, loaded from the open font, so the edit matches the rest of the page.
+Is Gotu free to use?
Gotu 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 Gotu?
By measured letter widths, Bricolage Grotesque is the closest match among open fonts (a mean difference of 29.7 units per 1000 em). Text set in one takes almost the same space in the other.
+Which languages does Gotu support?
It includes these character sets: Devanagari, Latin, Central European, Vietnamese.
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