Space Grotesk
Space Grotesk is a sans serif font in 5 weights, also available as a variable font. Its lowercase letters are 7% wider than the typical sans serif font. Last updated 5 September 2025.
Editing a PDF that uses Space 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 Space Grotesk from the widths stored in your PDF, loads the complete open font, and sets your new text in Space Grotesk itself. The rest of the page is carried over untouched.
Measured metrics
| Average lowercase letter width | 555.6 units per 1000 em |
|---|---|
| Average capital letter width | 626.7 units per 1000 em |
| Word space | 257 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
Languages beyond basic Latin
Open fonts closest to Space 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.
- Epilogue Regularloosely similar widths (31.1 units)
- National Park Regularloosely similar widths (33.4 units)
- Cossette Texte Regularloosely similar widths (33.4 units)
- Chakra Petch Regularloosely similar widths (35.8 units)
- Vend Sans Regularloosely similar widths (36.1 units)
- DM Sans Regularloosely similar widths (36.3 units)
- TikTok Sans Regularloosely similar widths (36.4 units)
- Rubik Regularloosely similar widths (36.9 units)
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Questions people ask
+Can I edit a PDF that uses Space Grotesk?
Yes. Drop the PDF into MythosPDF and click the text. New letters are set in Space Grotesk itself, loaded from the open font, so the edit matches the rest of the page.
+Is Space Grotesk free to use?
Space 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 Space Grotesk?
By measured letter widths, Epilogue is the closest match among open fonts (a mean difference of 31.1 units per 1000 em). Text set in one takes almost the same space in the other.
+Which languages does Space Grotesk support?
It includes these character sets: Latin, Central European, Vietnamese.
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