Noto Sans
Noto Sans is a sans serif font in 9 weights with italics, also available as a variable font. Its lowercase letters are about as wide as the typical sans serif font. Last updated 11 September 2025.
Editing a PDF that uses Noto Sans
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 Noto Sans from the widths stored in your PDF, loads the complete open font, and sets your new text in Noto Sans itself. The rest of the page is carried over untouched.
Measured metrics
| Average lowercase letter width | 530.1 units per 1000 em |
|---|---|
| Average capital letter width | 634.5 units per 1000 em |
| Word space | 260 units per 1000 em |
| Digits | tabular (every digit is 572 units wide, so columns of numbers line up) |
| Spacing | proportional |
| Width of i compared with m | 28% |
| Printable ASCII characters covered | 94 of 94 |
| Category | Sans serif |
Weights and styles
- Noto Sans Thin Italic
- Noto Sans Thin
- Noto Sans ExtraLight Italic
- Noto Sans ExtraLight
- Noto Sans Light Italic
- Noto Sans Light
- Noto Sans Italic
- Noto Sans Regular
- Noto Sans Medium Italic
- Noto Sans Medium
- Noto Sans SemiBold Italic
- Noto Sans SemiBold
- Noto Sans Bold Italic
- Noto Sans Bold
- Noto Sans ExtraBold Italic
- Noto Sans ExtraBold
- Noto Sans Black Italic
- Noto Sans Black
Languages beyond basic Latin
Open fonts closest to Noto Sans
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 Newa Regularidentical letter widths (0 units)
- Noto Sans Inscriptional Pahlavi Regularidentical letter widths (0 units)
- Noto Sans Inscriptional Parthian Regularidentical letter widths (0 units)
- Noto Sans Javanese Regularidentical letter widths (0 units)
- Noto Sans Kayah Li Regularidentical letter widths (0 units)
- Noto Sans Kharoshthi Regularidentical letter widths (0 units)
- Noto Sans Khojki Regularidentical letter widths (0 units)
- Noto Sans Khudawadi Regularidentical letter widths (0 units)
Compare Noto Sans
Questions people ask
+Can I edit a PDF that uses Noto Sans?
Yes. Drop the PDF into MythosPDF and click the text. New letters are set in Noto Sans itself, loaded from the open font, so the edit matches the rest of the page.
+Is Noto Sans free to use?
Noto Sans 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 Noto Sans?
By measured letter widths, Noto Sans Newa 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 Noto Sans support?
It includes these character sets: Cyrillic, Cyrillic Extended, Devanagari, Greek, Greek Extended, Latin, Central European, Vietnamese.
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