Noto Sans Kannada
Noto Sans Kannada 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 3 March 2026.
Editing a PDF that uses Noto Sans Kannada
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 Kannada from the widths stored in your PDF, loads the complete open font, and sets your new text in Noto Sans Kannada 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 | 288 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
Languages beyond basic Latin
Open fonts closest to Noto Sans Kannada
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 Telugu Regularnearly identical widths (4.8 units)
- Noto Sans Saurashtra Regularvery close widths (6.4 units)
- Noto Sans Canadian Aboriginal Regularvery close widths (6.5 units)
- Noto Sans Osmanya Regularvery close widths (6.5 units)
- Noto Sans Pau Cin Hau Regularvery close widths (6.5 units)
- Noto Sans Meetei Mayek Regularvery close widths (6.5 units)
- Noto Sans Nandinagari Regularvery close widths (6.5 units)
- Noto Sans Caucasian Albanian Regularvery close widths (6.5 units)
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Questions people ask
+Can I edit a PDF that uses Noto Sans Kannada?
Yes. Drop the PDF into MythosPDF and click the text. New letters are set in Noto Sans Kannada itself, loaded from the open font, so the edit matches the rest of the page.
+Is Noto Sans Kannada free to use?
Noto Sans Kannada 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 Kannada?
By measured letter widths, Noto Sans Telugu is the closest match among open fonts (a mean difference of 4.8 units per 1000 em). Text set in one takes almost the same space in the other.
+Which languages does Noto Sans Kannada support?
It includes these character sets: Kannada, Latin, Central European.
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