Ubuntu Condensed
Ubuntu Condensed is a sans serif font in 1 weight. Its lowercase letters are 20% narrower than the typical sans serif font. Last updated 2 September 2025.
Editing a PDF that uses Ubuntu Condensed
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 Ubuntu Condensed from the widths stored in your PDF, loads the complete open font, and sets your new text in Ubuntu Condensed itself. The rest of the page is carried over untouched.
Measured metrics
| Average lowercase letter width | 412.6 units per 1000 em |
|---|---|
| Average capital letter width | 505.2 units per 1000 em |
| Word space | 195 units per 1000 em |
| Digits | tabular (every digit is 430 units wide, so columns of numbers line up) |
| Spacing | proportional |
| Width of i compared with m | 35% |
| Printable ASCII characters covered | 94 of 94 |
| Category | Sans serif |
Weights and styles
Languages beyond basic Latin
Open fonts closest to Ubuntu Condensed
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.
- Lateef Regularsimilar widths (26.5 units)
- Fira Sans Extra Condensed Regularsimilar widths (29.1 units)
- Cossette Titre Regularloosely similar widths (31.1 units)
- Cuprum Regularloosely similar widths (31.1 units)
- Markazi Text Regularloosely similar widths (31.6 units)
- Pragati Narrow Regularloosely similar widths (32 units)
- Asap Condensed Regularloosely similar widths (32.3 units)
- PT Sans Narrow Regularloosely similar widths (32.3 units)
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Questions people ask
+Can I edit a PDF that uses Ubuntu Condensed?
Yes. Drop the PDF into MythosPDF and click the text. New letters are set in Ubuntu Condensed itself, loaded from the open font, so the edit matches the rest of the page.
+Is Ubuntu Condensed free to use?
Ubuntu Condensed is released under the Ubuntu Font License 1.0, 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 Ubuntu Condensed?
By measured letter widths, Lateef is the closest match among open fonts (a mean difference of 26.5 units per 1000 em). Text set in one takes almost the same space in the other.
+Which languages does Ubuntu Condensed support?
It includes these character sets: Cyrillic, Cyrillic Extended, Greek, Greek Extended, Latin, Central European.
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