Nanum Gothic
Nanum Gothic is a sans serif font in 3 weights. Its lowercase letters are about as wide as the typical sans serif font. Last updated 30 May 2025.
Editing a PDF that uses Nanum Gothic
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 Nanum Gothic from the widths stored in your PDF, loads the complete open font, and sets your new text in Nanum Gothic itself. The rest of the page is carried over untouched.
Measured metrics
| Average lowercase letter width | 519.7 units per 1000 em |
|---|---|
| Average capital letter width | 650.9 units per 1000 em |
| Word space | 280 units per 1000 em |
| Digits | tabular (every digit is 606 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 Nanum Gothic
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.
- Geologica Regularloosely similar widths (35.1 units)
- Nunito Sans Regularloosely similar widths (37.5 units)
- Nunito Regularloosely similar widths (38.6 units)
- Chiron GoRound TC Regularloosely similar widths (38.8 units)
- Huninn Regularloosely similar widths (39.1 units)
- Bpmf Huninn Regularloosely similar widths (39.1 units)
- Mulish Regularloosely similar widths (39.2 units)
- Mandali Regularloosely similar widths (39.2 units)
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Questions people ask
+Can I edit a PDF that uses Nanum Gothic?
Yes. Drop the PDF into MythosPDF and click the text. New letters are set in Nanum Gothic itself, loaded from the open font, so the edit matches the rest of the page.
+Is Nanum Gothic free to use?
Nanum Gothic 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 Nanum Gothic?
By measured letter widths, Geologica is the closest match among open fonts (a mean difference of 35.1 units per 1000 em). Text set in one takes almost the same space in the other.
+Which languages does Nanum Gothic support?
It includes these character sets: Korean, Latin.
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