Noto Sans Syriac Western
Noto Sans Syriac Western 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 29 October 2025.
Editing a PDF that uses Noto Sans Syriac Western
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 Western from the widths stored in your PDF, loads the complete open font, and sets your new text in Noto Sans Syriac Western 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 Western
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 Regularidentical letter widths (0 units)
- Noto Sans Syriac Eastern Regularidentical letter widths (0.1 units)
- Noto Sans Shavian Regularnearly identical widths (2.8 units)
- Noto Sans Kharoshthi Regularnearly identical widths (2.8 units)
- Noto Sans Khojki Regularnearly identical widths (2.8 units)
- Noto Sans Khudawadi Regularnearly identical widths (2.8 units)
- Noto Sans Lao Looped Regularnearly identical widths (2.8 units)
- Noto Sans Lao Regularnearly identical widths (2.8 units)
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Questions people ask
+Can I edit a PDF that uses Noto Sans Syriac Western?
Yes. Drop the PDF into MythosPDF and click the text. New letters are set in Noto Sans Syriac Western itself, loaded from the open font, so the edit matches the rest of the page.
+Is Noto Sans Syriac Western free to use?
Noto Sans Syriac Western 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 Western?
By measured letter widths, Noto Sans Syriac 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 Western support?
It includes these character sets: Latin, Central European, Syriac.
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