Urbanist
Urbanist is a sans serif font in 9 weights with italics, also available as a variable font. Its lowercase letters are 3% narrower than the typical sans serif font. Last updated 16 September 2025.
Editing a PDF that uses Urbanist
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 Urbanist from the widths stored in your PDF, loads the complete open font, and sets your new text in Urbanist itself. The rest of the page is carried over untouched.
Measured metrics
| Average lowercase letter width | 504.5 units per 1000 em |
|---|---|
| Average capital letter width | 620.1 units per 1000 em |
| Word space | 240 units per 1000 em |
| Digits | proportional (digit widths differ) |
| Spacing | proportional |
| Width of i compared with m | 21% |
| Printable ASCII characters covered | 94 of 94 |
| Category | Sans serif |
Weights and styles
- Urbanist Thin Italic
- Urbanist Thin
- Urbanist ExtraLight Italic
- Urbanist ExtraLight
- Urbanist Light Italic
- Urbanist Light
- Urbanist Italic
- Urbanist Regular
- Urbanist Medium Italic
- Urbanist Medium
- Urbanist SemiBold Italic
- Urbanist SemiBold
- Urbanist Bold Italic
- Urbanist Bold
- Urbanist ExtraBold Italic
- Urbanist ExtraBold
- Urbanist Black Italic
- Urbanist Black
Languages beyond basic Latin
Open fonts closest to Urbanist
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.
- DM Sans Regularloosely similar widths (38.6 units)
- Amarna Regularloosely similar widths (39.9 units)
- Google Sans Flex Regularloosely similar widths (40.3 units)
- Hind Regularloosely similar widths (40.5 units)
- Hind Vadodara Regularloosely similar widths (40.5 units)
- Hind Guntur Regularloosely similar widths (40.5 units)
- Hind Mysuru Regularloosely similar widths (40.5 units)
- Hind Madurai Regularloosely similar widths (40.5 units)
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Questions people ask
+Can I edit a PDF that uses Urbanist?
Yes. Drop the PDF into MythosPDF and click the text. New letters are set in Urbanist itself, loaded from the open font, so the edit matches the rest of the page.
+Is Urbanist free to use?
Urbanist 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 Urbanist?
By measured letter widths, DM Sans is the closest match among open fonts (a mean difference of 38.6 units per 1000 em). Text set in one takes almost the same space in the other.
+Which languages does Urbanist support?
It includes these character sets: Latin, Central European.
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