Noto Sans Syriac
Noto Sans Syriac 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 Syriac
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 Syriac from the widths stored in your PDF, loads the complete open font, and sets your new text in Noto Sans Syriac 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 Syriac
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 Syriac Western Regularidentical letter widths (0 units)
- Noto Sans Syriac Eastern Regularidentical letter widths (0.1 units)
- Noto Sans Chakma Regularnearly identical widths (2.8 units)
- Noto Sans Vithkuqi Regularnearly identical widths (2.8 units)
- Noto Sans Vai Regularnearly identical widths (2.8 units)
- Noto Sans Ugaritic Regularnearly identical widths (2.8 units)
- Noto Sans Tirhuta Regularnearly identical widths (2.8 units)
- Noto Sans Tifinagh Regularnearly identical widths (2.8 units)
Compare Noto Sans Syriac
Questions people ask
+Can I edit a PDF that uses Noto Sans Syriac?
Yes. Drop the PDF into MythosPDF and click the text. New letters are set in Noto Sans Syriac itself, loaded from the open font, so the edit matches the rest of the page.
+Is Noto Sans Syriac free to use?
Noto Sans Syriac 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 Syriac?
By measured letter widths, Noto Sans Syriac Western 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 Syriac support?
It includes these character sets: Latin, Central European, Syriac.
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