Overpass
Overpass is a sans serif font in 9 weights with italics, also available as a variable font. Its lowercase letters are 3% narrower than the typical sans serif font. Last updated 2 September 2025.
Editing a PDF that uses Overpass
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 Overpass from the widths stored in your PDF, loads the complete open font, and sets your new text in Overpass itself. The rest of the page is carried over untouched.
Measured metrics
| Average lowercase letter width | 504.7 units per 1000 em |
|---|---|
| Average capital letter width | 645.6 units per 1000 em |
| Word space | 235 units per 1000 em |
| Digits | proportional (digit widths differ) |
| Spacing | proportional |
| Width of i compared with m | 30% |
| Printable ASCII characters covered | 94 of 94 |
| Category | Sans serif |
Weights and styles
- Overpass Thin Italic
- Overpass Thin
- Overpass ExtraLight Italic
- Overpass ExtraLight
- Overpass Light Italic
- Overpass Light
- Overpass Italic
- Overpass Regular
- Overpass Medium Italic
- Overpass Medium
- Overpass SemiBold Italic
- Overpass SemiBold
- Overpass Bold Italic
- Overpass Bold
- Overpass ExtraBold Italic
- Overpass ExtraBold
- Overpass Black Italic
- Overpass Black
Languages beyond basic Latin
Open fonts closest to Overpass
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.
- Chakra Petch Regularsimilar widths (26 units)
- Bai Jamjuree Regularsimilar widths (27.3 units)
- Atkinson Hyperlegible Next Regularsimilar widths (27.3 units)
- K2D Regularsimilar widths (29.5 units)
- TASA Orbiter Regularsimilar widths (29.6 units)
- KoHo Regularloosely similar widths (30.2 units)
- Zalando Sans Regularloosely similar widths (30.3 units)
- Cossette Texte Regularloosely similar widths (30.5 units)
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Questions people ask
+Can I edit a PDF that uses Overpass?
Yes. Drop the PDF into MythosPDF and click the text. New letters are set in Overpass itself, loaded from the open font, so the edit matches the rest of the page.
+Is Overpass free to use?
Overpass 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 Overpass?
By measured letter widths, Chakra Petch is the closest match among open fonts (a mean difference of 26 units per 1000 em). Text set in one takes almost the same space in the other.
+Which languages does Overpass support?
It includes these character sets: Cyrillic, Cyrillic Extended, Latin, Central European, Vietnamese.
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