PT Sans Narrow
PT Sans Narrow is a sans serif font in 2 weights. Its lowercase letters are 25% narrower than the typical sans serif font. Last updated 5 September 2025.
Editing a PDF that uses PT Sans Narrow
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 Narrow from the widths stored in your PDF, loads the complete open font, and sets your new text in PT Sans Narrow itself. The rest of the page is carried over untouched.
Measured metrics
| Average lowercase letter width | 386.7 units per 1000 em |
|---|---|
| Average capital letter width | 473.4 units per 1000 em |
| Word space | 212 units per 1000 em |
| Digits | tabular (every digit is 450 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 Narrow
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.
- Markazi Text Regularsimilar widths (26.3 units)
- Lateef Regularsimilar widths (26.9 units)
- Fira Sans Extra Condensed Regularsimilar widths (28.2 units)
- Sofia Sans Condensed Regularsimilar widths (28.2 units)
- Saira Condensed Regularsimilar widths (28.3 units)
- Oswald Regularsimilar widths (29.5 units)
- Cossette Titre Regularsimilar widths (29.6 units)
- Asap Condensed Regularloosely similar widths (31.7 units)
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Questions people ask
+Can I edit a PDF that uses PT Sans Narrow?
Yes. Drop the PDF into MythosPDF and click the text. New letters are set in PT Sans Narrow itself, loaded from the open font, so the edit matches the rest of the page.
+Is PT Sans Narrow free to use?
PT Sans Narrow 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 Narrow?
By measured letter widths, Markazi Text is the closest match among open fonts (a mean difference of 26.3 units per 1000 em). Text set in one takes almost the same space in the other.
+Which languages does PT Sans Narrow support?
It includes these character sets: Cyrillic, Cyrillic Extended, Latin, Central European.
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