Noto Serif Hentaigana
Noto Serif Hentaigana is a serif font in 8 weights, also available as a variable font. Its lowercase letters are 5% wider than the typical serif font. Last updated 5 September 2025.
Editing a PDF that uses Noto Serif Hentaigana
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 Hentaigana from the widths stored in your PDF, loads the complete open font, and sets your new text in Noto Serif Hentaigana itself. The rest of the page is carried over untouched.
Measured metrics
| Average lowercase letter width | 544.4 units per 1000 em |
|---|---|
| Average capital letter width | 663 units per 1000 em |
| Word space | 467 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
Languages beyond basic Latin
Open fonts closest to Noto Serif Hentaigana
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 Tangut Regularnearly identical widths (4.8 units)
- Noto Serif Khitan Small Script Regularvery close widths (5.9 units)
- Noto Serif Dives Akuru Regularvery close widths (6.2 units)
- Noto Rashi Hebrew Regularvery close widths (6.7 units)
- Noto Serif Grantha Regularvery close widths (6.7 units)
- Noto Serif NP Hmong Regularvery close widths (6.7 units)
- Noto Serif Vithkuqi Regularvery close widths (6.7 units)
- Noto Serif Thai Regularvery close widths (6.7 units)
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Questions people ask
+Can I edit a PDF that uses Noto Serif Hentaigana?
Yes. Drop the PDF into MythosPDF and click the text. New letters are set in Noto Serif Hentaigana itself, loaded from the open font, so the edit matches the rest of the page.
+Is Noto Serif Hentaigana free to use?
Noto Serif Hentaigana 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 Hentaigana?
By measured letter widths, Noto Serif Tangut is the closest match among open fonts (a mean difference of 4.8 units per 1000 em). Text set in one takes almost the same space in the other.
+Which languages does Noto Serif Hentaigana support?
It includes these character sets: Kana Extended, Latin, Central European.
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