Schibsted Grotesk
Schibsted Grotesk is a sans serif font in 6 weights with italics, also available as a variable font. Its lowercase letters are about as wide as the typical sans serif font. Last updated 5 September 2025.
Editing a PDF that uses Schibsted Grotesk
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 Schibsted Grotesk from the widths stored in your PDF, loads the complete open font, and sets your new text in Schibsted Grotesk itself. The rest of the page is carried over untouched.
Measured metrics
| Average lowercase letter width | 526.4 units per 1000 em |
|---|---|
| Average capital letter width | 662.3 units per 1000 em |
| Word space | 253.9 units per 1000 em |
| Digits | proportional (digit widths differ) |
| Spacing | proportional |
| Width of i compared with m | 28% |
| Printable ASCII characters covered | 94 of 94 |
| Category | Sans serif |
Weights and styles
- Schibsted Grotesk Italic
- Schibsted Grotesk Regular
- Schibsted Grotesk Medium Italic
- Schibsted Grotesk Medium
- Schibsted Grotesk SemiBold Italic
- Schibsted Grotesk SemiBold
- Schibsted Grotesk Bold Italic
- Schibsted Grotesk Bold
- Schibsted Grotesk ExtraBold Italic
- Schibsted Grotesk ExtraBold
- Schibsted Grotesk Black Italic
- Schibsted Grotesk Black
Languages beyond basic Latin
Open fonts closest to Schibsted Grotesk
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.
- TASA Orbiter Regularsimilar widths (24.6 units)
- Pretendard Regularsimilar widths (26.7 units)
- Kantumruy Pro Regularsimilar widths (27.4 units)
- Hedvig Letters Sans Regularsimilar widths (27.5 units)
- Figtree Regularsimilar widths (28.9 units)
- Asta Sans Regularsimilar widths (29.3 units)
- 42dot Sans Regularsimilar widths (29.3 units)
- Work Sans Regularsimilar widths (29.4 units)
Compare Schibsted Grotesk
Questions people ask
+Can I edit a PDF that uses Schibsted Grotesk?
Yes. Drop the PDF into MythosPDF and click the text. New letters are set in Schibsted Grotesk itself, loaded from the open font, so the edit matches the rest of the page.
+Is Schibsted Grotesk free to use?
Schibsted Grotesk 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 Schibsted Grotesk?
By measured letter widths, TASA Orbiter is the closest match among open fonts (a mean difference of 24.6 units per 1000 em). Text set in one takes almost the same space in the other.
+Which languages does Schibsted Grotesk support?
It includes these character sets: Latin, Central European.
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