Sankofa Display
Sankofa Display is a sans serif font in 1 weight. Its lowercase letters are 13% narrower than the typical sans serif font. Last updated 30 May 2025.
Editing a PDF that uses Sankofa Display
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 Sankofa Display from the widths stored in your PDF, loads the complete open font, and sets your new text in Sankofa Display itself. The rest of the page is carried over untouched.
Measured metrics
| Average lowercase letter width | 449 units per 1000 em |
|---|---|
| Average capital letter width | 492.8 units per 1000 em |
| Word space | 200 units per 1000 em |
| Digits | tabular (every digit is 474 units wide, so columns of numbers line up) |
| Spacing | proportional |
| Width of i compared with m | 46% |
| Printable ASCII characters covered | 94 of 94 |
| Category | Sans serif |
Weights and styles
Languages beyond basic Latin
Open fonts closest to Sankofa Display
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.
- Jersey 20 Charted Regularloosely similar widths (45.2 units)
- Jersey 20 Regularloosely similar widths (45.5 units)
- Jersey 25 Charted Regularloosely similar widths (46 units)
- Jersey 25 Regularloosely similar widths (46 units)
- Geo Regularloosely similar widths (46.2 units)
- Akshar Regularloosely similar widths (46.2 units)
- Unica One Regularloosely similar widths (46.7 units)
- Barlow Semi Condensed Regularloosely similar widths (47.1 units)
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Questions people ask
+Can I edit a PDF that uses Sankofa Display?
Yes. Drop the PDF into MythosPDF and click the text. New letters are set in Sankofa Display itself, loaded from the open font, so the edit matches the rest of the page.
+Is Sankofa Display free to use?
Sankofa Display 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 Sankofa Display?
By measured letter widths, Jersey 20 Charted is the closest match among open fonts (a mean difference of 45.2 units per 1000 em). Text set in one takes almost the same space in the other.
+Which languages does Sankofa Display support?
It includes these character sets: Latin, Central European, Vietnamese.
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