Signika
Signika is a sans serif font in 5 weights, also available as a variable font. Its lowercase letters are 8% narrower than the typical sans serif font. Last updated 10 September 2025.
Editing a PDF that uses Signika
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 Signika from the widths stored in your PDF, loads the complete open font, and sets your new text in Signika itself. The rest of the page is carried over untouched.
Measured metrics
| Average lowercase letter width | 479.4 units per 1000 em |
|---|---|
| Average capital letter width | 595.4 units per 1000 em |
| Word space | 220 units per 1000 em |
| Digits | tabular (every digit is 540 units wide, so columns of numbers line up) |
| Spacing | proportional |
| Width of i compared with m | 34% |
| Printable ASCII characters covered | 94 of 94 |
| Category | Sans serif |
Weights and styles
Languages beyond basic Latin
Open fonts closest to Signika
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.
- Signika Negative Regularnearly identical widths (1.9 units)
- IBM Plex Sans Condensed Regularsimilar widths (21.2 units)
- Averia Sans Libre Regularsimilar widths (22.2 units)
- Sarabun Regularsimilar widths (24.6 units)
- PT Sans Regularsimilar widths (27.3 units)
- Tirra Regularsimilar widths (27.4 units)
- Akatab Regularsimilar widths (27.4 units)
- Averia Libre Regularsimilar widths (27.4 units)
Compare Signika
Questions people ask
+Can I edit a PDF that uses Signika?
Yes. Drop the PDF into MythosPDF and click the text. New letters are set in Signika itself, loaded from the open font, so the edit matches the rest of the page.
+Is Signika free to use?
Signika 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 Signika?
By measured letter widths, Signika Negative is the closest match among open fonts (a mean difference of 1.9 units per 1000 em). Text set in one takes almost the same space in the other.
+Which languages does Signika support?
It includes these character sets: Latin, Central European, Vietnamese.
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