Noto Sans Devanagari
Noto Sans Devanagari is a sans serif font in 9 weights, also available as a variable font. Its lowercase letters are about as wide as the typical sans serif font. Last updated 5 September 2025.
Editing a PDF that uses Noto Sans Devanagari
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 Devanagari from the widths stored in your PDF, loads the complete open font, and sets your new text in Noto Sans Devanagari 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 551 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
Languages beyond basic Latin
Open fonts closest to Noto Sans Devanagari
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 Gurmukhi Regularidentical letter widths (0 units)
- Noto Sans Oriya Regularvery close widths (5.2 units)
- Noto Sans Telugu Regularvery close widths (8.8 units)
- Noto Sans Gunjala Gondi Regularvery close widths (9.1 units)
- Noto Sans Bengali Regularvery close widths (11.6 units)
- Noto Sans Tamil Regularvery close widths (11.7 units)
- Noto Sans Sinhala Regularvery close widths (12.4 units)
- Noto Sans Adlam Regularvery close widths (12.5 units)
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Questions people ask
+Can I edit a PDF that uses Noto Sans Devanagari?
Yes. Drop the PDF into MythosPDF and click the text. New letters are set in Noto Sans Devanagari itself, loaded from the open font, so the edit matches the rest of the page.
+Is Noto Sans Devanagari free to use?
Noto Sans Devanagari 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 Devanagari?
By measured letter widths, Noto Sans Gurmukhi 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 Devanagari support?
It includes these character sets: Devanagari, Latin, Central European.
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