Kite One
Kite One is a sans serif font in 1 weight. Its lowercase letters are 8% narrower than the typical sans serif font. Last updated 10 September 2025.
Editing a PDF that uses Kite One
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 Kite One from the widths stored in your PDF, loads the complete open font, and sets your new text in Kite One itself. The rest of the page is carried over untouched.
Measured metrics
| Average lowercase letter width | 479.6 units per 1000 em |
|---|---|
| Average capital letter width | 658.5 units per 1000 em |
| Word space | 280 units per 1000 em |
| Digits | tabular (every digit is 672 units wide, so columns of numbers line up) |
| Spacing | proportional |
| Width of i compared with m | 29% |
| Printable ASCII characters covered | 94 of 94 |
| Category | Sans serif |
Weights and styles
Languages beyond basic Latin
Open fonts closest to Kite One
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.
- Zalando Sans Regularloosely similar widths (47 units)
- Clear Sans Regularloosely similar widths (48.1 units)
- Overpass Regularloosely similar widths (48.3 units)
- Alata Regularloosely similar widths (50.2 units)
- Host Grotesk Regularloosely similar widths (50.5 units)
- IBM Plex Sans JP Regularloosely similar widths (51 units)
- Kdam Thmor Pro Regularloosely similar widths (51.2 units)
- Stick Regularloosely similar widths (51.3 units)
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Questions people ask
+Can I edit a PDF that uses Kite One?
Yes. Drop the PDF into MythosPDF and click the text. New letters are set in Kite One itself, loaded from the open font, so the edit matches the rest of the page.
+Is Kite One free to use?
Kite One 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 Kite One?
By measured letter widths, Zalando Sans is the closest match among open fonts (a mean difference of 47 units per 1000 em). Text set in one takes almost the same space in the other.
+Which languages does Kite One support?
It includes these character sets: Latin, Central European.
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