Sofia Sans
Sofia Sans is a sans serif font in 9 weights with italics, also available as a variable font. Its lowercase letters are 6% narrower than the typical sans serif font. Last updated 5 September 2025.
Editing a PDF that uses Sofia Sans
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 Sofia Sans from the widths stored in your PDF, loads the complete open font, and sets your new text in Sofia Sans itself. The rest of the page is carried over untouched.
Measured metrics
| Average lowercase letter width | 486.8 units per 1000 em |
|---|---|
| Average capital letter width | 577.8 units per 1000 em |
| Word space | 210 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
- Sofia Sans Thin Italic
- Sofia Sans Thin
- Sofia Sans ExtraLight Italic
- Sofia Sans ExtraLight
- Sofia Sans Light Italic
- Sofia Sans Light
- Sofia Sans Italic
- Sofia Sans Regular
- Sofia Sans Medium Italic
- Sofia Sans Medium
- Sofia Sans SemiBold Italic
- Sofia Sans SemiBold
- Sofia Sans Bold Italic
- Sofia Sans Bold
- Sofia Sans ExtraBold Italic
- Sofia Sans ExtraBold
- Sofia Sans Black Italic
- Sofia Sans Black
Languages beyond basic Latin
Open fonts closest to Sofia Sans
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.
- Sofia Sans Semi Condensed Regularsimilar widths (15.9 units)
- Murecho Regularsimilar widths (27.8 units)
- Cairo Regularloosely similar widths (30.2 units)
- Cairo Play Regularloosely similar widths (30.2 units)
- Titillium Web Regularloosely similar widths (30.6 units)
- Sunflower Lightloosely similar widths (30.7 units)
- National Park Regularloosely similar widths (30.9 units)
- Mukta Regularloosely similar widths (32.2 units)
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Questions people ask
+Can I edit a PDF that uses Sofia Sans?
Yes. Drop the PDF into MythosPDF and click the text. New letters are set in Sofia Sans itself, loaded from the open font, so the edit matches the rest of the page.
+Is Sofia Sans free to use?
Sofia Sans 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 Sofia Sans?
By measured letter widths, Sofia Sans Semi Condensed is the closest match among open fonts (a mean difference of 15.9 units per 1000 em). Text set in one takes almost the same space in the other.
+Which languages does Sofia Sans support?
It includes these character sets: Cyrillic, Cyrillic Extended, Greek, Latin, Central European.
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