Noto Traditional Nushu
Noto Traditional Nushu is a sans serif font in 5 weights, also available as a variable font. Its lowercase letters are about as wide as the typical sans serif font. Last updated 11 September 2025.
Editing a PDF that uses Noto Traditional Nushu
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 Traditional Nushu from the widths stored in your PDF, loads the complete open font, and sets your new text in Noto Traditional Nushu itself. The rest of the page is carried over untouched.
Measured metrics
| Average lowercase letter width | 530.1 units per 1000 em |
|---|---|
| Average capital letter width | 634.5 units per 1000 em |
| Word space | 600 units per 1000 em |
| Digits | tabular (every digit is 572 units wide, so columns of numbers line up) |
| Spacing | proportional |
| Width of i compared with m | 28% |
| Printable ASCII characters covered | 94 of 94 |
| Category | Sans serif |
Weights and styles
Languages beyond basic Latin
Open fonts closest to Noto Traditional Nushu
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 Sans Elymaic Regularvery close widths (5.2 units)
- Noto Sans Sunuwar Regularvery close widths (5.2 units)
- Noto Sans Wancho Regularvery close widths (5.3 units)
- Noto Sans Tai Tham Regularvery close widths (5.3 units)
- Noto Sans Bassa Vah Regularvery close widths (5.9 units)
- Noto Sans Masaram Gondi Regularvery close widths (5.9 units)
- Noto Kufi Arabic Regularvery close widths (5.9 units)
- Noto Sans Chorasmian Regularvery close widths (6.3 units)
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Questions people ask
+Can I edit a PDF that uses Noto Traditional Nushu?
Yes. Drop the PDF into MythosPDF and click the text. New letters are set in Noto Traditional Nushu itself, loaded from the open font, so the edit matches the rest of the page.
+Is Noto Traditional Nushu free to use?
Noto Traditional Nushu 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 Traditional Nushu?
By measured letter widths, Noto Sans Elymaic is the closest match among open fonts (a mean difference of 5.2 units per 1000 em). Text set in one takes almost the same space in the other.
+Which languages does Noto Traditional Nushu support?
It includes these character sets: Latin, Central European, Nushu.
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