Sintony
Sintony is a sans serif font in 2 weights. Its lowercase letters are 6% wider than the typical sans serif font. Last updated 16 September 2025.
Editing a PDF that uses Sintony
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 Sintony from the widths stored in your PDF, loads the complete open font, and sets your new text in Sintony itself. The rest of the page is carried over untouched.
Measured metrics
| Average lowercase letter width | 548.1 units per 1000 em |
|---|---|
| Average capital letter width | 623.2 units per 1000 em |
| Word space | 290 units per 1000 em |
| Digits | tabular (every digit is 634 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 Sintony
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.
- Glegoo Regularsimilar widths (22.1 units)
- Fauna One Regularloosely similar widths (31.7 units)
- Menbere Regularloosely similar widths (35.5 units)
- ABeeZee Regularloosely similar widths (37 units)
- Radio Canada Regularloosely similar widths (37.3 units)
- IBM Plex Sans JP Regularloosely similar widths (37.7 units)
- Offside Regularloosely similar widths (38.6 units)
- Kufam Regularloosely similar widths (39.9 units)
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Questions people ask
+Can I edit a PDF that uses Sintony?
Yes. Drop the PDF into MythosPDF and click the text. New letters are set in Sintony itself, loaded from the open font, so the edit matches the rest of the page.
+Is Sintony free to use?
Sintony 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 Sintony?
By measured letter widths, Glegoo is the closest match among open fonts (a mean difference of 22.1 units per 1000 em). Text set in one takes almost the same space in the other.
+Which languages does Sintony support?
It includes these character sets: Latin, Central European.
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