Sansita Swashed
Sansita Swashed is a display font in 7 weights, also available as a variable font. Its lowercase letters are 10% narrower than the typical display font. Last updated 5 September 2025.
Editing a PDF that uses Sansita Swashed
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 Swashed from the widths stored in your PDF, loads the complete open font, and sets your new text in Sansita Swashed itself. The rest of the page is carried over untouched.
Measured metrics
| Average lowercase letter width | 470.8 units per 1000 em |
|---|---|
| Average capital letter width | 658.1 units per 1000 em |
| Word space | 161 units per 1000 em |
| Digits | proportional (digit widths differ) |
| Spacing | proportional |
| Width of i compared with m | 31% |
| Printable ASCII characters covered | 94 of 94 |
| Category | Display |
Weights and styles
Languages beyond basic Latin
Open fonts closest to Sansita Swashed
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.
- Averia Gruesa Libre Regularloosely similar widths (50.6 units)
- Labrada Regularloosely similar widths (50.9 units)
- Signika Negative Regularloosely similar widths (51 units)
- Averia Libre Regularloosely similar widths (51 units)
- Ysabeau Office Regularloosely similar widths (51 units)
- Signika Regularloosely similar widths (51.1 units)
- Frank Ruhl Libre Regularloosely similar widths (51.1 units)
- Ysabeau Infant Regularloosely similar widths (51.2 units)
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Questions people ask
+Can I edit a PDF that uses Sansita Swashed?
Yes. Drop the PDF into MythosPDF and click the text. New letters are set in Sansita Swashed itself, loaded from the open font, so the edit matches the rest of the page.
+Is Sansita Swashed free to use?
Sansita Swashed 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 Swashed?
By measured letter widths, Averia Gruesa Libre is the closest match among open fonts (a mean difference of 50.6 units per 1000 em). Text set in one takes almost the same space in the other.
+Which languages does Sansita Swashed support?
It includes these character sets: Latin, Central European, Vietnamese.
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