Lexend
Lexend is a sans serif font in 9 weights, also available as a variable font. Its lowercase letters are 6% wider than the typical sans serif font. Last updated 8 September 2025.
Editing a PDF that uses Lexend
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 Lexend from the widths stored in your PDF, loads the complete open font, and sets your new text in Lexend itself. The rest of the page is carried over untouched.
Measured metrics
| Average lowercase letter width | 549.2 units per 1000 em |
|---|---|
| Average capital letter width | 700.3 units per 1000 em |
| Word space | 280 units per 1000 em |
| Digits | proportional (digit widths differ) |
| Spacing | proportional |
| Width of i compared with m | 30% |
| Printable ASCII characters covered | 94 of 94 |
| Category | Sans serif |
Weights and styles
Languages beyond basic Latin
Open fonts closest to Lexend
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.
- Lexend Deca Regularidentical letter widths (0 units)
- Lextrall Regularidentical letter widths (0 units)
- Readex Pro Regularnearly identical widths (1 units)
- Quicksand Regularsimilar widths (25.9 units)
- Golos Text Regularloosely similar widths (34.1 units)
- Onest Regularloosely similar widths (34.2 units)
- Roboto Serif Regularloosely similar widths (34.4 units)
- Wix Madefor Text Regularloosely similar widths (34.7 units)
Compare Lexend
Questions people ask
+Can I edit a PDF that uses Lexend?
Yes. Drop the PDF into MythosPDF and click the text. New letters are set in Lexend itself, loaded from the open font, so the edit matches the rest of the page.
+Is Lexend free to use?
Lexend 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 Lexend?
By measured letter widths, Lexend Deca is the closest match among open fonts (a mean difference of 0 units per 1000 em). Text set in one takes almost the same space in the other.
+Which languages does Lexend support?
It includes these character sets: Latin, Central European, Vietnamese.
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