Special Gothic Expanded One
Special Gothic Expanded One is a sans serif font in 1 weight. Its lowercase letters are 31% wider than the typical sans serif font. Last updated 23 April 2025.
Editing a PDF that uses Special Gothic Expanded One
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 Special Gothic Expanded One from the widths stored in your PDF, loads the complete open font, and sets your new text in Special Gothic Expanded One itself. The rest of the page is carried over untouched.
Measured metrics
| Average lowercase letter width | 681.8 units per 1000 em |
|---|---|
| Average capital letter width | 846.5 units per 1000 em |
| Word space | 222 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 Special Gothic Expanded One
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.
- Unbounded Regularloosely similar widths (35.3 units)
- Zalando Sans Expanded Regularloosely similar widths (47.1 units)
- BBH Sans Hegarty Regularloosely similar widths (58.7 units)
- BBH Hegarty Regularloosely similar widths (58.7 units)
- Hepta Slab Regularloosely similar widths (59.4 units)
- Tomorrow Regularloosely similar widths (59.7 units)
- LINE Seed JP Regularloosely similar widths (61.6 units)
- Dela Gothic One Regularloosely similar widths (62.8 units)
Compare Special Gothic Expanded One
- Special Gothic Expanded One vs BBH Sans Hegarty
- Special Gothic Expanded One vs Dela Gothic One
- Special Gothic Expanded One vs Monoton
- Special Gothic Expanded One vs Stint Ultra Expanded
- Special Gothic Expanded One vs Unbounded
- Special Gothic Expanded One vs Zalando Sans Expanded
- Special Gothic Expanded One vs Zen Dots
Questions people ask
+Can I edit a PDF that uses Special Gothic Expanded One?
Yes. Drop the PDF into MythosPDF and click the text. New letters are set in Special Gothic Expanded One itself, loaded from the open font, so the edit matches the rest of the page.
+Is Special Gothic Expanded One free to use?
Special Gothic Expanded One 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 Special Gothic Expanded One?
By measured letter widths, Unbounded is the closest match among open fonts (a mean difference of 35.3 units per 1000 em). Text set in one takes almost the same space in the other.
+Which languages does Special Gothic Expanded One support?
It includes these character sets: Latin, Central European.
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