Noto Sans Malayalam
Noto Sans Malayalam 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 Malayalam
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 Malayalam from the widths stored in your PDF, loads the complete open font, and sets your new text in Noto Sans Malayalam 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 | 309 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 Malayalam
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 Tamil Regularnearly identical widths (0.9 units)
- Noto Sans Nandinagari Regularnearly identical widths (1.7 units)
- Noto Sans Warang Citi Regularnearly identical widths (1.7 units)
- Noto Sans Chorasmian Regularnearly identical widths (1.7 units)
- Noto Sans Caucasian Albanian Regularnearly identical widths (1.7 units)
- Noto Sans Osmanya Regularnearly identical widths (1.8 units)
- Noto Sans Canadian Aboriginal Regularnearly identical widths (1.8 units)
- Noto Sans Saurashtra Regularnearly identical widths (1.9 units)
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Questions people ask
+Can I edit a PDF that uses Noto Sans Malayalam?
Yes. Drop the PDF into MythosPDF and click the text. New letters are set in Noto Sans Malayalam itself, loaded from the open font, so the edit matches the rest of the page.
+Is Noto Sans Malayalam free to use?
Noto Sans Malayalam 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 Malayalam?
By measured letter widths, Noto Sans Tamil is the closest match among open fonts (a mean difference of 0.9 units per 1000 em). Text set in one takes almost the same space in the other.
+Which languages does Noto Sans Malayalam support?
It includes these character sets: Latin, Central European, Malayalam.
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