Noto Sans Hebrew
Noto Sans Hebrew 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 Hebrew
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 Hebrew from the widths stored in your PDF, loads the complete open font, and sets your new text in Noto Sans Hebrew itself. The rest of the page is carried over untouched.
Measured metrics
| Average lowercase letter width | 524.2 units per 1000 em |
|---|---|
| Average capital letter width | 629.8 units per 1000 em |
| Word space | 270 units per 1000 em |
| Digits | tabular (every digit is 576 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 Hebrew
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.
- Open Sans Regularvery close widths (8.8 units)
- Noto Sans Khmer Regularvery close widths (9.4 units)
- Noto Sans Thaana Regularvery close widths (9.4 units)
- Noto Sans Kaithi Regularvery close widths (9.5 units)
- Noto Sans Glagolitic Regularvery close widths (9.6 units)
- Noto Sans Lepcha Regularvery close widths (9.6 units)
- Noto Sans Limbu Regularvery close widths (9.6 units)
- Noto Sans Armenian Regularvery close widths (9.6 units)
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Questions people ask
+Can I edit a PDF that uses Noto Sans Hebrew?
Yes. Drop the PDF into MythosPDF and click the text. New letters are set in Noto Sans Hebrew itself, loaded from the open font, so the edit matches the rest of the page.
+Is Noto Sans Hebrew free to use?
Noto Sans Hebrew 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 Hebrew?
By measured letter widths, Open Sans is the closest match among open fonts (a mean difference of 8.8 units per 1000 em). Text set in one takes almost the same space in the other.
+Which languages does Noto Sans Hebrew support?
It includes these character sets: Cyrillic Extended, Greek Extended, Hebrew, Latin, Central European.
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