Khula
Khula is a sans serif font in 5 weights. Its lowercase letters are 6% narrower than the typical sans serif font. Last updated 8 September 2025.
Editing a PDF that uses Khula
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 Khula from the widths stored in your PDF, loads the complete open font, and sets your new text in Khula itself. The rest of the page is carried over untouched.
Measured metrics
| Average lowercase letter width | 487.4 units per 1000 em |
|---|---|
| Average capital letter width | 586 units per 1000 em |
| Word space | 269 units per 1000 em |
| Digits | tabular (every digit is 532.9 units wide, so columns of numbers line up) |
| Spacing | proportional |
| Width of i compared with m | 27% |
| Printable ASCII characters covered | 94 of 94 |
| Category | Sans serif |
Weights and styles
Languages beyond basic Latin
Open fonts closest to Khula
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.
- Noto Sans Display Regularsimilar widths (16.1 units)
- Noto Sans Devanagari Regularsimilar widths (23.1 units)
- Noto Sans Gurmukhi Regularsimilar widths (23.1 units)
- Noto Sans Oriya Regularsimilar widths (23.4 units)
- Funnel Sans Regularsimilar widths (26.9 units)
- Noto Sans Telugu Regularsimilar widths (27 units)
- Noto Sans Tamil Regularsimilar widths (28.4 units)
- Akatab Regularsimilar widths (28.5 units)
Compare Khula
Questions people ask
+Can I edit a PDF that uses Khula?
Yes. Drop the PDF into MythosPDF and click the text. New letters are set in Khula itself, loaded from the open font, so the edit matches the rest of the page.
+Is Khula free to use?
Khula 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 Khula?
By measured letter widths, Noto Sans Display is the closest match among open fonts (a mean difference of 16.1 units per 1000 em). Text set in one takes almost the same space in the other.
+Which languages does Khula support?
It includes these character sets: Devanagari, Latin, Central European.
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