Pontano Sans
Pontano Sans is a sans serif font in 5 weights, also available as a variable font. Its lowercase letters are 8% narrower than the typical sans serif font. Last updated 8 September 2025.
Editing a PDF that uses Pontano 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 Pontano Sans from the widths stored in your PDF, loads the complete open font, and sets your new text in Pontano Sans itself. The rest of the page is carried over untouched.
Measured metrics
| Average lowercase letter width | 479.3 units per 1000 em |
|---|---|
| Average capital letter width | 629.8 units per 1000 em |
| Word space | 215.8 units per 1000 em |
| Digits | proportional (digit widths differ) |
| Spacing | proportional |
| Width of i compared with m | 24% |
| Printable ASCII characters covered | 94 of 94 |
| Category | Sans serif |
Weights and styles
Languages beyond basic Latin
Open fonts closest to Pontano 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.
- Special Gothic Regularsimilar widths (28.6 units)
- Heebo Regularloosely similar widths (32 units)
- Atkinson Hyperlegible Next Regularloosely similar widths (32.2 units)
- Atkinson Hyperlegible Regularloosely similar widths (32.6 units)
- Georama Regularloosely similar widths (33 units)
- Pretendard Regularloosely similar widths (34 units)
- Kavivanar Regularloosely similar widths (34.2 units)
- Roboto Regularloosely similar widths (34.9 units)
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Questions people ask
+Can I edit a PDF that uses Pontano Sans?
Yes. Drop the PDF into MythosPDF and click the text. New letters are set in Pontano Sans itself, loaded from the open font, so the edit matches the rest of the page.
+Is Pontano Sans free to use?
Pontano 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 Pontano Sans?
By measured letter widths, Special Gothic is the closest match among open fonts (a mean difference of 28.6 units per 1000 em). Text set in one takes almost the same space in the other.
+Which languages does Pontano Sans support?
It includes these character sets: Latin, Central European.
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