Sansation
Sansation is a sans serif font in 3 weights with italics. Its lowercase letters are about as wide as the typical sans serif font. Last updated 23 April 2025.
Editing a PDF that uses Sansation
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 Sansation from the widths stored in your PDF, loads the complete open font, and sets your new text in Sansation itself. The rest of the page is carried over untouched.
Measured metrics
| Average lowercase letter width | 514.1 units per 1000 em |
|---|---|
| Average capital letter width | 667.6 units per 1000 em |
| Word space | 244.1 units per 1000 em |
| Digits | proportional (digit widths differ) |
| Spacing | proportional |
| Width of i compared with m | 29% |
| Printable ASCII characters covered | 94 of 94 |
| Category | Sans serif |
Weights and styles
Languages beyond basic Latin
Open fonts closest to Sansation
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.
- Reddit Sans Regularloosely similar widths (35.5 units)
- Saira Stencil Regularloosely similar widths (36.8 units)
- Saira Regularloosely similar widths (36.8 units)
- Special Gothic Regularloosely similar widths (38.5 units)
- Radio Canada Big Regularloosely similar widths (40 units)
- Philosopher Regularloosely similar widths (40.4 units)
- El Messiri Regularloosely similar widths (40.4 units)
- Prompt Regularloosely similar widths (40.6 units)
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Questions people ask
+Can I edit a PDF that uses Sansation?
Yes. Drop the PDF into MythosPDF and click the text. New letters are set in Sansation itself, loaded from the open font, so the edit matches the rest of the page.
+Is Sansation free to use?
Sansation 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 Sansation?
By measured letter widths, Reddit Sans is the closest match among open fonts (a mean difference of 35.5 units per 1000 em). Text set in one takes almost the same space in the other.
+Which languages does Sansation support?
It includes these character sets: Cyrillic, Greek, Latin, Central European.
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