Plus Jakarta Sans
Plus Jakarta Sans is a sans serif font in 7 weights with italics, also available as a variable font. Its lowercase letters are 4% wider than the typical sans serif font. Last updated 10 September 2025.
Editing a PDF that uses Plus Jakarta Sans
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 Plus Jakarta Sans from the widths stored in your PDF, loads the complete open font, and sets your new text in Plus Jakarta Sans itself. The rest of the page is carried over untouched.
Measured metrics
| Average lowercase letter width | 540.3 units per 1000 em |
|---|---|
| Average capital letter width | 667.4 units per 1000 em |
| Word space | 170 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
- Plus Jakarta Sans ExtraLight Italic
- Plus Jakarta Sans ExtraLight
- Plus Jakarta Sans Light Italic
- Plus Jakarta Sans Light
- Plus Jakarta Sans Italic
- Plus Jakarta Sans Regular
- Plus Jakarta Sans Medium Italic
- Plus Jakarta Sans Medium
- Plus Jakarta Sans SemiBold Italic
- Plus Jakarta Sans SemiBold
- Plus Jakarta Sans Bold Italic
- Plus Jakarta Sans Bold
- Plus Jakarta Sans ExtraBold Italic
- Plus Jakarta Sans ExtraBold
Languages beyond basic Latin
Open fonts closest to Plus Jakarta Sans
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.
- Pitagon Sans Text Regularidentical letter widths (0 units)
- Geologica Regularloosely similar widths (35.5 units)
- Stack Sans Text Regularloosely similar widths (38.1 units)
- Google Sans Regularloosely similar widths (38.9 units)
- TASA Orbiter Regularloosely similar widths (39.7 units)
- Miranda Sans Regularloosely similar widths (40.1 units)
- IBM Plex Sans JP Regularloosely similar widths (40.5 units)
- Alan Sans Regularloosely similar widths (40.7 units)
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Questions people ask
+Can I edit a PDF that uses Plus Jakarta Sans?
Yes. Drop the PDF into MythosPDF and click the text. New letters are set in Plus Jakarta Sans itself, loaded from the open font, so the edit matches the rest of the page.
+Is Plus Jakarta Sans free to use?
Plus Jakarta Sans 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 Plus Jakarta Sans?
By measured letter widths, Pitagon Sans Text 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 Plus Jakarta Sans support?
It includes these character sets: Cyrillic Extended, Latin, Central European, Vietnamese.
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