Pliant
Pliant is a sans serif font in 9 weights with italics, also available as a variable font. Its lowercase letters are 3% wider than the typical sans serif font. Last updated 8 June 2026.
Editing a PDF that uses Pliant
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 Pliant from the widths stored in your PDF, loads the complete open font, and sets your new text in Pliant itself. The rest of the page is carried over untouched.
Measured metrics
| Average lowercase letter width | 536.3 units per 1000 em |
|---|---|
| Average capital letter width | 653.6 units per 1000 em |
| Word space | 150 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
Languages beyond basic Latin
Open fonts closest to Pliant
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.
- Special Gothic Regularloosely similar widths (38.9 units)
- Public Sans Regularloosely similar widths (39.8 units)
- Reddit Sans Regularloosely similar widths (40.1 units)
- Prompt Regularloosely similar widths (40.4 units)
- Bricolage Grotesque Regularloosely similar widths (41.1 units)
- Radio Canada Big Regularloosely similar widths (41.6 units)
- Stack Sans Headline Regularloosely similar widths (41.7 units)
- Stack Sans Notch Regularloosely similar widths (41.8 units)
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Questions people ask
+Can I edit a PDF that uses Pliant?
Yes. Drop the PDF into MythosPDF and click the text. New letters are set in Pliant itself, loaded from the open font, so the edit matches the rest of the page.
+Is Pliant free to use?
Pliant 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 Pliant?
By measured letter widths, Special Gothic is the closest match among open fonts (a mean difference of 38.9 units per 1000 em). Text set in one takes almost the same space in the other.
+Which languages does Pliant support?
It includes these character sets: Cyrillic, Cyrillic Extended, Greek, Greek Extended, Latin, Central European.
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