Noto Sans Khmer
Noto Sans Khmer 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 11 September 2025.
Editing a PDF that uses Noto Sans Khmer
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 Khmer from the widths stored in your PDF, loads the complete open font, and sets your new text in Noto Sans Khmer 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
Languages beyond basic Latin
Open fonts closest to Noto Sans Khmer
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 Tai Le Regularidentical letter widths (0.3 units)
- Noto Sans Imperial Aramaic Regularidentical letter widths (0.3 units)
- Noto Sans Inscriptional Pahlavi Regularidentical letter widths (0.3 units)
- Noto Sans Inscriptional Parthian Regularidentical letter widths (0.3 units)
- Noto Sans Javanese Regularidentical letter widths (0.3 units)
- Noto Sans Kayah Li Regularidentical letter widths (0.3 units)
- Noto Sans Kharoshthi Regularidentical letter widths (0.3 units)
- Noto Sans Regularidentical letter widths (0.3 units)
Compare Noto Sans Khmer
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Questions people ask
+Can I edit a PDF that uses Noto Sans Khmer?
Yes. Drop the PDF into MythosPDF and click the text. New letters are set in Noto Sans Khmer itself, loaded from the open font, so the edit matches the rest of the page.
+Is Noto Sans Khmer free to use?
Noto Sans Khmer 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 Khmer?
By measured letter widths, Noto Sans Tai Le is the closest match among open fonts (a mean difference of 0.3 units per 1000 em). Text set in one takes almost the same space in the other.
+Which languages does Noto Sans Khmer support?
It includes these character sets: Khmer, Latin, Central European.
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