Sansita
Sansita is a sans serif font in 4 weights with italics. Its lowercase letters are 11% narrower than the typical sans serif font. Last updated 8 September 2025.
Editing a PDF that uses Sansita
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 Sansita from the widths stored in your PDF, loads the complete open font, and sets your new text in Sansita itself. The rest of the page is carried over untouched.
Measured metrics
| Average lowercase letter width | 459.4 units per 1000 em |
|---|---|
| Average capital letter width | 503.3 units per 1000 em |
| Word space | 175 units per 1000 em |
| Digits | tabular (every digit is 541 units wide, so columns of numbers line up) |
| Spacing | proportional |
| Width of i compared with m | 30% |
| Printable ASCII characters covered | 94 of 94 |
| Category | Sans serif |
Weights and styles
Languages beyond basic Latin
Open fonts closest to Sansita
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.
- Freeman Regularloosely similar widths (30.7 units)
- Magra Regularloosely similar widths (33.2 units)
- IBM Plex Sans Condensed Regularloosely similar widths (33.8 units)
- Arya Regularloosely similar widths (34.5 units)
- Mirza Regularloosely similar widths (34.5 units)
- Carrois Gothic Regularloosely similar widths (34.9 units)
- Strait Regularloosely similar widths (35.3 units)
- Francois One Regularloosely similar widths (36.3 units)
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Questions people ask
+Can I edit a PDF that uses Sansita?
Yes. Drop the PDF into MythosPDF and click the text. New letters are set in Sansita itself, loaded from the open font, so the edit matches the rest of the page.
+Is Sansita free to use?
Sansita 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 Sansita?
By measured letter widths, Freeman is the closest match among open fonts (a mean difference of 30.7 units per 1000 em). Text set in one takes almost the same space in the other.
+Which languages does Sansita support?
It includes these character sets: Latin, Central European.
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