Poppins
Poppins is a sans serif font in 9 weights with italics. Its lowercase letters are 8% wider than the typical sans serif font. Last updated 16 September 2025.
Editing a PDF that uses Poppins
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 Poppins from the widths stored in your PDF, loads the complete open font, and sets your new text in Poppins 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 | 637.9 units per 1000 em |
| Word space | 267 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
- Poppins Thin Italic
- Poppins Thin
- Poppins ExtraLight Italic
- Poppins ExtraLight
- Poppins Light Italic
- Poppins Light
- Poppins Italic
- Poppins Regular
- Poppins Medium Italic
- Poppins Medium
- Poppins SemiBold Italic
- Poppins SemiBold
- Poppins Bold Italic
- Poppins Bold
- Poppins ExtraBold Italic
- Poppins ExtraBold
- Poppins Black Italic
- Poppins Black
Languages beyond basic Latin
Open fonts closest to Poppins
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.
- Parkinsans Regularvery close widths (10 units)
- DM Sans Regularloosely similar widths (31.6 units)
- Be Vietnam Pro Regularloosely similar widths (40.6 units)
- Rethink Sans Regularloosely similar widths (42.1 units)
- Epilogue Regularloosely similar widths (43.5 units)
- Albert Sans Regularloosely similar widths (44.3 units)
- Alata Regularloosely similar widths (46.5 units)
- Fustat Regularloosely similar widths (47.3 units)
Compare Poppins
Questions people ask
+Can I edit a PDF that uses Poppins?
Yes. Drop the PDF into MythosPDF and click the text. New letters are set in Poppins itself, loaded from the open font, so the edit matches the rest of the page.
+Is Poppins free to use?
Poppins 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 Poppins?
By measured letter widths, Parkinsans is the closest match among open fonts (a mean difference of 10 units per 1000 em). Text set in one takes almost the same space in the other.
+Which languages does Poppins support?
It includes these character sets: Devanagari, Latin, Central European.
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