Stack Sans Text
Stack Sans Text is a sans serif font in 6 weights, also available as a variable font. Its lowercase letters are 8% wider than the typical sans serif font. Last updated 4 November 2025.
Editing a PDF that uses Stack Sans Text
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 Stack Sans Text from the widths stored in your PDF, loads the complete open font, and sets your new text in Stack Sans Text itself. The rest of the page is carried over untouched.
Measured metrics
| Average lowercase letter width | 561.2 units per 1000 em |
|---|---|
| Average capital letter width | 663.3 units per 1000 em |
| Word space | 235 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 Stack Sans Text
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.
- Stack Sans Headline Regularsimilar widths (19.7 units)
- Stack Sans Notch Regularsimilar widths (19.7 units)
- Public Sans Regularloosely similar widths (34.7 units)
- Open Sauce Two Regularloosely similar widths (34.8 units)
- Open Sauce One Regularloosely similar widths (34.9 units)
- Open Sauce Sans Light Italicloosely similar widths (35.1 units)
- Pretendard Regularloosely similar widths (35.6 units)
- Miranda Sans Regularloosely similar widths (35.6 units)
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Questions people ask
+Can I edit a PDF that uses Stack Sans Text?
Yes. Drop the PDF into MythosPDF and click the text. New letters are set in Stack Sans Text itself, loaded from the open font, so the edit matches the rest of the page.
+Is Stack Sans Text free to use?
Stack Sans Text 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 Stack Sans Text?
By measured letter widths, Stack Sans Headline is the closest match among open fonts (a mean difference of 19.7 units per 1000 em). Text set in one takes almost the same space in the other.
+Which languages does Stack Sans Text support?
It includes these character sets: Latin, Central European.
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