Noto Sans Tamil
Noto Sans Tamil 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 16 September 2025.
Editing a PDF that uses Noto Sans Tamil
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 Tamil from the widths stored in your PDF, loads the complete open font, and sets your new text in Noto Sans Tamil 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 Tamil
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 Malayalam Regularnearly identical widths (0.9 units)
- Noto Sans Khmer Regularnearly identical widths (1.9 units)
- Noto Sans Tai Viet Regularnearly identical widths (2.1 units)
- Noto Sans Tai Le Regularnearly identical widths (2.1 units)
- Noto Sans Tagbanwa Regularnearly identical widths (2.1 units)
- Noto Sans Tagalog Regularnearly identical widths (2.1 units)
- Noto Sans Cuneiform Regularnearly identical widths (2.1 units)
- Noto Sans Coptic Regularnearly identical widths (2.1 units)
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Questions people ask
+Can I edit a PDF that uses Noto Sans Tamil?
Yes. Drop the PDF into MythosPDF and click the text. New letters are set in Noto Sans Tamil itself, loaded from the open font, so the edit matches the rest of the page.
+Is Noto Sans Tamil free to use?
Noto Sans Tamil 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 Tamil?
By measured letter widths, Noto Sans Malayalam 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 Tamil support?
It includes these character sets: Latin, Central European, Tamil.
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