Noto Serif Kannada
Noto Serif Kannada is a serif font in 9 weights, also available as a variable font. Its lowercase letters are 6% wider than the typical serif font. Last updated 11 September 2025.
Editing a PDF that uses Noto Serif Kannada
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 Kannada from the widths stored in your PDF, loads the complete open font, and sets your new text in Noto Serif Kannada 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 | 232 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 Kannada
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 Dogra Regularnearly identical widths (2.2 units)
- Noto Serif Khmer Regularnearly identical widths (2.2 units)
- Noto Serif Tamil Regularnearly identical widths (2.2 units)
- Noto Serif Ahom Regularnearly identical widths (2.2 units)
- Noto Serif Balinese Regularnearly identical widths (2.4 units)
- Noto Rashi Hebrew Regularnearly identical widths (2.4 units)
- Noto Serif NP Hmong Regularnearly identical widths (2.4 units)
- Noto Serif Ethiopic Regularnearly identical widths (2.4 units)
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Questions people ask
+Can I edit a PDF that uses Noto Serif Kannada?
Yes. Drop the PDF into MythosPDF and click the text. New letters are set in Noto Serif Kannada itself, loaded from the open font, so the edit matches the rest of the page.
+Is Noto Serif Kannada free to use?
Noto Serif Kannada 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 Kannada?
By measured letter widths, Noto Serif Dogra is the closest match among open fonts (a mean difference of 2.2 units per 1000 em). Text set in one takes almost the same space in the other.
+Which languages does Noto Serif Kannada support?
It includes these character sets: Kannada, Latin, Central European.
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