Palanquin Dark
Palanquin Dark is a sans serif font in 4 weights. Its lowercase letters are about as wide as the typical sans serif font. Last updated 10 September 2025.
Editing a PDF that uses Palanquin Dark
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 Dark from the widths stored in your PDF, loads the complete open font, and sets your new text in Palanquin Dark itself. The rest of the page is carried over untouched.
Measured metrics
| Average lowercase letter width | 512.1 units per 1000 em |
|---|---|
| Average capital letter width | 631.4 units per 1000 em |
| Word space | 236 units per 1000 em |
| Digits | proportional (digit widths differ) |
| Spacing | proportional |
| Width of i compared with m | 29% |
| Printable ASCII characters covered | 94 of 94 |
| Category | Sans serif |
Weights and styles
Languages beyond basic Latin
Open fonts closest to Palanquin Dark
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.
- Palanquin Regularidentical letter widths (0 units)
- Catamaran Regularsimilar widths (19.9 units)
- Quattrocento Regularloosely similar widths (34 units)
- Quattrocento Sans Regularloosely similar widths (35.2 units)
- Mukta Vaani Regularloosely similar widths (35.7 units)
- Mukta Regularloosely similar widths (35.7 units)
- Cabin Regularloosely similar widths (37.1 units)
- Poly Regularloosely similar widths (37.6 units)
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Questions people ask
+Can I edit a PDF that uses Palanquin Dark?
Yes. Drop the PDF into MythosPDF and click the text. New letters are set in Palanquin Dark itself, loaded from the open font, so the edit matches the rest of the page.
+Is Palanquin Dark free to use?
Palanquin Dark 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 Dark?
By measured letter widths, Palanquin 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 Palanquin Dark support?
It includes these character sets: Devanagari, Latin, Central European.
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