Noto Serif Tamil
Noto Serif Tamil 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 2 September 2025.
Editing a PDF that uses Noto Serif 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 Serif Tamil from the widths stored in your PDF, loads the complete open font, and sets your new text in Noto Serif Tamil 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 Tamil Thin Italic
- Noto Serif Tamil Thin
- Noto Serif Tamil ExtraLight Italic
- Noto Serif Tamil ExtraLight
- Noto Serif Tamil Light Italic
- Noto Serif Tamil Light
- Noto Serif Tamil Italic
- Noto Serif Tamil Regular
- Noto Serif Tamil Medium Italic
- Noto Serif Tamil Medium
- Noto Serif Tamil SemiBold Italic
- Noto Serif Tamil SemiBold
- Noto Serif Tamil Bold Italic
- Noto Serif Tamil Bold
- Noto Serif Tamil ExtraBold Italic
- Noto Serif Tamil ExtraBold
- Noto Serif Tamil Black Italic
- Noto Serif Tamil Black
Languages beyond basic Latin
Open fonts closest to Noto Serif 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 Serif Khmer Regularidentical letter widths (0 units)
- Noto Serif NP Hmong Regularidentical letter widths (0.3 units)
- Noto Serif Lao Regularidentical letter widths (0.3 units)
- Noto Serif Vithkuqi Regularidentical letter widths (0.3 units)
- Noto Serif Yezidi Regularidentical letter widths (0.3 units)
- Noto Serif Regularidentical letter widths (0.3 units)
- Noto Rashi Hebrew Regularidentical letter widths (0.3 units)
- Noto Serif Thai Regularidentical letter widths (0.3 units)
Compare Noto Serif Tamil
Questions people ask
+Can I edit a PDF that uses Noto Serif Tamil?
Yes. Drop the PDF into MythosPDF and click the text. New letters are set in Noto Serif Tamil itself, loaded from the open font, so the edit matches the rest of the page.
+Is Noto Serif Tamil free to use?
Noto Serif 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 Serif Tamil?
By measured letter widths, Noto Serif Khmer 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 Tamil support?
It includes these character sets: Latin, Central European, Tamil.
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