Palanquin
Palanquin is a sans serif font in 7 weights. Its lowercase letters are 6% narrower than the typical sans serif font. Last updated 11 September 2025.
Editing a PDF that uses Palanquin
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 Palanquin from the widths stored in your PDF, loads the complete open font, and sets your new text in Palanquin itself. The rest of the page is carried over untouched.
Measured metrics
| Average lowercase letter width | 485.3 units per 1000 em |
|---|---|
| Average capital letter width | 609.1 units per 1000 em |
| Word space | 236 units per 1000 em |
| Digits | proportional (digit widths differ) |
| 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 Palanquin
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.
- Catamaran Regularsimilar widths (21.4 units)
- Palanquin Dark Regularsimilar widths (27.5 units)
- Baloo Bhaijaan 2 Regularloosely similar widths (32.7 units)
- Baloo Paaji 2 Regularloosely similar widths (33.3 units)
- Baloo Thambi 2 Regularloosely similar widths (33.3 units)
- Baloo Da 2 Regularloosely similar widths (33.3 units)
- Baloo 2 Regularloosely similar widths (33.3 units)
- Baloo Chettan 2 Regularloosely similar widths (33.3 units)
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Questions people ask
+Can I edit a PDF that uses Palanquin?
Yes. Drop the PDF into MythosPDF and click the text. New letters are set in Palanquin itself, loaded from the open font, so the edit matches the rest of the page.
+Is Palanquin free to use?
Palanquin 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 Palanquin?
By measured letter widths, Catamaran is the closest match among open fonts (a mean difference of 21.4 units per 1000 em). Text set in one takes almost the same space in the other.
+Which languages does Palanquin support?
It includes these character sets: Devanagari, Latin, Central European.
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