SUSE
SUSE is a sans serif font in 9 weights with italics, also available as a variable font. Its lowercase letters are 4% narrower than the typical sans serif font. Last updated 18 September 2025.
Editing a PDF that uses SUSE
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 SUSE from the widths stored in your PDF, loads the complete open font, and sets your new text in SUSE itself. The rest of the page is carried over untouched.
Measured metrics
| Average lowercase letter width | 495.7 units per 1000 em |
|---|---|
| Average capital letter width | 638.6 units per 1000 em |
| Word space | 233 units per 1000 em |
| Digits | tabular (every digit is 600 units wide, so columns of numbers line up) |
| Spacing | proportional |
| Width of i compared with m | 31% |
| Printable ASCII characters covered | 94 of 94 |
| Category | Sans serif |
Weights and styles
Languages beyond basic Latin
Open fonts closest to SUSE
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.
- Strichpunkt Sans Regularsimilar widths (23.3 units)
- Anuphan Regularsimilar widths (24.5 units)
- IBM Plex Sans Thai Looped Regularsimilar widths (24.5 units)
- IBM Plex Sans Regularsimilar widths (24.5 units)
- IBM Plex Sans Thai Regularsimilar widths (24.5 units)
- IBM Plex Sans Hebrew Regularsimilar widths (24.5 units)
- IBM Plex Sans Devanagari Regularsimilar widths (24.5 units)
- IBM Plex Sans KR Regularsimilar widths (24.5 units)
Compare SUSE
Questions people ask
+Can I edit a PDF that uses SUSE?
Yes. Drop the PDF into MythosPDF and click the text. New letters are set in SUSE itself, loaded from the open font, so the edit matches the rest of the page.
+Is SUSE free to use?
SUSE 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 SUSE?
By measured letter widths, Strichpunkt Sans is the closest match among open fonts (a mean difference of 23.3 units per 1000 em). Text set in one takes almost the same space in the other.
+Which languages does SUSE support?
It includes these character sets: Latin, Central European, Vietnamese.
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