Noto Serif Display
Noto Serif Display 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 Display
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 Display from the widths stored in your PDF, loads the complete open font, and sets your new text in Noto Serif Display 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 | 225 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 Display Thin Italic
- Noto Serif Display Thin
- Noto Serif Display ExtraLight Italic
- Noto Serif Display ExtraLight
- Noto Serif Display Light Italic
- Noto Serif Display Light
- Noto Serif Display Italic
- Noto Serif Display Regular
- Noto Serif Display Medium Italic
- Noto Serif Display Medium
- Noto Serif Display SemiBold Italic
- Noto Serif Display SemiBold
- Noto Serif Display Bold Italic
- Noto Serif Display Bold
- Noto Serif Display ExtraBold Italic
- Noto Serif Display ExtraBold
- Noto Serif Display Black Italic
- Noto Serif Display Black
Languages beyond basic Latin
Open fonts closest to Noto Serif Display
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 Ahom Regularnearly identical widths (3.6 units)
- Noto Serif Khmer Regularnearly identical widths (3.6 units)
- Noto Serif Tamil Regularnearly identical widths (3.6 units)
- Noto Serif Dogra Regularnearly identical widths (3.7 units)
- Noto Serif Makasar Regularnearly identical widths (3.8 units)
- Noto Serif Old Uyghur Regularnearly identical widths (3.8 units)
- Noto Serif Georgian Regularnearly identical widths (3.9 units)
- Noto Serif Lao Regularnearly identical widths (3.9 units)
Compare Noto Serif Display
Questions people ask
+Can I edit a PDF that uses Noto Serif Display?
Yes. Drop the PDF into MythosPDF and click the text. New letters are set in Noto Serif Display itself, loaded from the open font, so the edit matches the rest of the page.
+Is Noto Serif Display free to use?
Noto Serif Display 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 Display?
By measured letter widths, Noto Serif Ahom is the closest match among open fonts (a mean difference of 3.6 units per 1000 em). Text set in one takes almost the same space in the other.
+Which languages does Noto Serif Display support?
It includes these character sets: Cyrillic, Cyrillic Extended, Greek, Greek Extended, Latin, Central European, Vietnamese.
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