Pathway Extreme
Pathway Extreme is a sans serif font in 9 weights with italics, also available as a variable font. Its lowercase letters are 8% wider than the typical sans serif font. Last updated 10 September 2025.
Editing a PDF that uses Pathway Extreme
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 Pathway Extreme from the widths stored in your PDF, loads the complete open font, and sets your new text in Pathway Extreme itself. The rest of the page is carried over untouched.
Measured metrics
| Average lowercase letter width | 561.3 units per 1000 em |
|---|---|
| Average capital letter width | 610.4 units per 1000 em |
| Word space | 254 units per 1000 em |
| Digits | proportional (digit widths differ) |
| Spacing | proportional |
| Width of i compared with m | 25% |
| Printable ASCII characters covered | 94 of 94 |
| Category | Sans serif |
Weights and styles
- Pathway Extreme Thin Italic
- Pathway Extreme Thin
- Pathway Extreme ExtraLight Italic
- Pathway Extreme ExtraLight
- Pathway Extreme Light Italic
- Pathway Extreme Light
- Pathway Extreme Italic
- Pathway Extreme Regular
- Pathway Extreme Medium Italic
- Pathway Extreme Medium
- Pathway Extreme SemiBold Italic
- Pathway Extreme SemiBold
- Pathway Extreme Bold Italic
- Pathway Extreme Bold
- Pathway Extreme ExtraBold Italic
- Pathway Extreme ExtraBold
- Pathway Extreme Black Italic
- Pathway Extreme Black
Languages beyond basic Latin
Open fonts closest to Pathway Extreme
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.
- Sintony Regularloosely similar widths (41.4 units)
- Parkinsans Regularloosely similar widths (42.9 units)
- Noto Sans Nag Mundari Regularloosely similar widths (43.2 units)
- DM Sans Regularloosely similar widths (43.4 units)
- Epilogue Regularloosely similar widths (44.5 units)
- Space Grotesk Regularloosely similar widths (44.9 units)
- Tomorrow Regularloosely similar widths (44.9 units)
- National Park Regularloosely similar widths (45.3 units)
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Questions people ask
+Can I edit a PDF that uses Pathway Extreme?
Yes. Drop the PDF into MythosPDF and click the text. New letters are set in Pathway Extreme itself, loaded from the open font, so the edit matches the rest of the page.
+Is Pathway Extreme free to use?
Pathway Extreme 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 Pathway Extreme?
By measured letter widths, Sintony is the closest match among open fonts (a mean difference of 41.4 units per 1000 em). Text set in one takes almost the same space in the other.
+Which languages does Pathway Extreme support?
It includes these character sets: Latin, Central European, Vietnamese.
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