Host Grotesk
Host Grotesk is a sans serif font in 6 weights with italics, also available as a variable font. Its lowercase letters are about as wide as the typical sans serif font. Last updated 5 September 2025.
Editing a PDF that uses Host Grotesk
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 Host Grotesk from the widths stored in your PDF, loads the complete open font, and sets your new text in Host Grotesk itself. The rest of the page is carried over untouched.
Measured metrics
| Average lowercase letter width | 520.9 units per 1000 em |
|---|---|
| Average capital letter width | 638.9 units per 1000 em |
| Word space | 307 units per 1000 em |
| Digits | tabular (every digit is 650 units wide, so columns of numbers line up) |
| Spacing | proportional |
| Width of i compared with m | 24% |
| Printable ASCII characters covered | 94 of 94 |
| Category | Sans serif |
Weights and styles
Languages beyond basic Latin
Open fonts closest to Host Grotesk
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.
- Rethink Sans Regularloosely similar widths (30.6 units)
- TASA Orbiter Regularloosely similar widths (34.5 units)
- DM Sans Regularloosely similar widths (35 units)
- Miranda Sans Regularloosely similar widths (35.1 units)
- Uncut Sans Regularloosely similar widths (37.4 units)
- Strichpunkt Sans Regularloosely similar widths (38.6 units)
- Pretendard Regularloosely similar widths (38.9 units)
- Asta Sans Regularloosely similar widths (38.9 units)
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Questions people ask
+Can I edit a PDF that uses Host Grotesk?
Yes. Drop the PDF into MythosPDF and click the text. New letters are set in Host Grotesk itself, loaded from the open font, so the edit matches the rest of the page.
+Is Host Grotesk free to use?
Host Grotesk 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 Host Grotesk?
By measured letter widths, Rethink Sans is the closest match among open fonts (a mean difference of 30.6 units per 1000 em). Text set in one takes almost the same space in the other.
+Which languages does Host Grotesk support?
It includes these character sets: Latin, Central European.
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