PT Sans Caption
PT Sans Caption is a sans serif font in 2 weights. Its lowercase letters are 8% wider than the typical sans serif font. Last updated 5 September 2025.
Editing a PDF that uses PT Sans Caption
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 PT Sans Caption from the widths stored in your PDF, loads the complete open font, and sets your new text in PT Sans Caption itself. The rest of the page is carried over untouched.
Measured metrics
| Average lowercase letter width | 559.1 units per 1000 em |
|---|---|
| Average capital letter width | 647.3 units per 1000 em |
| Word space | 291 units per 1000 em |
| Digits | tabular (every digit is 594 units wide, so columns of numbers line up) |
| Spacing | proportional |
| Width of i compared with m | 33% |
| Printable ASCII characters covered | 94 of 94 |
| Category | Sans serif |
Weights and styles
Languages beyond basic Latin
Open fonts closest to PT Sans Caption
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.
- Noto Sans Hebrew Regularsimilar widths (29.4 units)
- Noto Sans Syriac Western Regularsimilar widths (29.7 units)
- Noto Sans Canadian Aboriginal Regularsimilar widths (29.8 units)
- Noto Sans Bengali Regularloosely similar widths (30 units)
- Noto Sans Cherokee Regularloosely similar widths (30 units)
- Noto Sans Thai Looped Regularloosely similar widths (30.1 units)
- Noto Sans Lao Regularloosely similar widths (30.1 units)
- Noto Sans Symbols Regularloosely similar widths (30.1 units)
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Questions people ask
+Can I edit a PDF that uses PT Sans Caption?
Yes. Drop the PDF into MythosPDF and click the text. New letters are set in PT Sans Caption itself, loaded from the open font, so the edit matches the rest of the page.
+Is PT Sans Caption free to use?
PT Sans Caption 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 PT Sans Caption?
By measured letter widths, Noto Sans Hebrew is the closest match among open fonts (a mean difference of 29.4 units per 1000 em). Text set in one takes almost the same space in the other.
+Which languages does PT Sans Caption support?
It includes these character sets: Cyrillic, Cyrillic Extended, Latin, Central European.
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