Noto Serif
Noto Serif is a serif font in 9 weights with italics, also available as a variable font. Its lowercase letters are 6% wider than the typical serif font. Last updated 6 September 2025.
Editing a PDF that uses Noto Serif
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 Serif from the widths stored in your PDF, loads the complete open font, and sets your new text in Noto Serif itself. The rest of the page is carried over untouched.
Measured metrics
| Average lowercase letter width | 549 units per 1000 em |
|---|---|
| Average capital letter width | 668.7 units per 1000 em |
| Word space | 260 units per 1000 em |
| Digits | tabular (every digit is 559 units wide, so columns of numbers line up) |
| Spacing | proportional |
| Width of i compared with m | 34% |
| Printable ASCII characters covered | 94 of 94 |
| Category | Serif |
Weights and styles
- Noto Serif Thin Italic
- Noto Serif Thin
- Noto Serif ExtraLight Italic
- Noto Serif ExtraLight
- Noto Serif Light Italic
- Noto Serif Light
- Noto Serif Italic
- Noto Serif Regular
- Noto Serif Medium Italic
- Noto Serif Medium
- Noto Serif SemiBold Italic
- Noto Serif SemiBold
- Noto Serif Bold Italic
- Noto Serif Bold
- Noto Serif ExtraBold Italic
- Noto Serif ExtraBold
- Noto Serif Black Italic
- Noto Serif Black
Languages beyond basic Latin
Open fonts closest to Noto Serif
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 Serif Yezidi Regularidentical letter widths (0 units)
- Noto Serif Vithkuqi Regularidentical letter widths (0 units)
- Noto Serif NP Hmong Regularidentical letter widths (0 units)
- Noto Serif Toto Regularidentical letter widths (0 units)
- Noto Serif Hebrew Regularidentical letter widths (0 units)
- Noto Serif Georgian Regularidentical letter widths (0 units)
- Noto Serif Ottoman Siyaq Regularidentical letter widths (0 units)
- Noto Serif Grantha Regularidentical letter widths (0 units)
Compare Noto Serif
Questions people ask
+Can I edit a PDF that uses Noto Serif?
Yes. Drop the PDF into MythosPDF and click the text. New letters are set in Noto Serif itself, loaded from the open font, so the edit matches the rest of the page.
+Is Noto Serif free to use?
Noto Serif 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 Serif?
By measured letter widths, Noto Serif Yezidi 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 Serif support?
It includes these character sets: Cyrillic, Cyrillic Extended, Greek, Greek Extended, Latin, Central European, Math symbols, Vietnamese.
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