Noto Sans HK
Noto Sans HK 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 7 January 2026.
Editing a PDF that uses Noto Sans HK
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 HK from the widths stored in your PDF, loads the complete open font, and sets your new text in Noto Sans HK itself. The rest of the page is carried over untouched.
Measured metrics
| Average lowercase letter width | 530.2 units per 1000 em |
|---|---|
| Average capital letter width | 635.7 units per 1000 em |
| Word space | 224 units per 1000 em |
| Digits | tabular (every digit is 555 units wide, so columns of numbers line up) |
| 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 Noto Sans HK
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 JP Regularidentical letter widths (0 units)
- Noto Sans TC Regularidentical letter widths (0 units)
- Noto Sans SC Regularidentical letter widths (0 units)
- Noto Sans KR Regularidentical letter widths (0 units)
- Genjyuu Gothic Regularnearly identical widths (0.5 units)
- Chocolate Classical Sans Regularnearly identical widths (0.6 units)
- Chiron Hei HK Regularvery close widths (5.7 units)
- Tirra Regularsimilar widths (21.7 units)
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Questions people ask
+Can I edit a PDF that uses Noto Sans HK?
Yes. Drop the PDF into MythosPDF and click the text. New letters are set in Noto Sans HK itself, loaded from the open font, so the edit matches the rest of the page.
+Is Noto Sans HK free to use?
Noto Sans HK 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 HK?
By measured letter widths, Noto Sans JP 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 HK support?
It includes these character sets: Chinese Hong Kong, Cyrillic, Latin, Central European, Vietnamese.
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