Harmattan
Harmattan is a sans serif font in 4 weights. Its lowercase letters are 26% narrower than the typical sans serif font. Last updated 16 September 2025.
Editing a PDF that uses Harmattan
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 Harmattan from the widths stored in your PDF, loads the complete open font, and sets your new text in Harmattan itself. The rest of the page is carried over untouched.
Measured metrics
| Average lowercase letter width | 385 units per 1000 em |
|---|---|
| Average capital letter width | 491.9 units per 1000 em |
| Word space | 221.2 units per 1000 em |
| Digits | tabular (every digit is 439.4 units wide, so columns of numbers line up) |
| Spacing | proportional |
| Width of i compared with m | 34% |
| Printable ASCII characters covered | 94 of 94 |
| Category | Sans serif |
Weights and styles
Languages beyond basic Latin
Open fonts closest to Harmattan
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.
- Cossette Titre Regularsimilar widths (29.2 units)
- PT Sans Narrow Regularloosely similar widths (32.2 units)
- Lateef Regularloosely similar widths (32.3 units)
- Saira Condensed Regularloosely similar widths (32.7 units)
- Sofia Sans Condensed Regularloosely similar widths (34.8 units)
- Ubuntu Condensed Regularloosely similar widths (35.1 units)
- Gemunu Libre Regularloosely similar widths (35.8 units)
- Markazi Text Regularloosely similar widths (37.1 units)
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Questions people ask
+Can I edit a PDF that uses Harmattan?
Yes. Drop the PDF into MythosPDF and click the text. New letters are set in Harmattan itself, loaded from the open font, so the edit matches the rest of the page.
+Is Harmattan free to use?
Harmattan 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 Harmattan?
By measured letter widths, Cossette Titre is the closest match among open fonts (a mean difference of 29.2 units per 1000 em). Text set in one takes almost the same space in the other.
+Which languages does Harmattan support?
It includes these character sets: Arabic, Latin, Central European.
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