Vend Sans
Vend Sans is a sans serif font in 5 weights with italics, also available as a variable font. Its lowercase letters are about as wide as the typical sans serif font. Last updated 26 August 2025.
Editing a PDF that uses Vend Sans
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 Vend Sans from the widths stored in your PDF, loads the complete open font, and sets your new text in Vend Sans itself. The rest of the page is carried over untouched.
Measured metrics
| Average lowercase letter width | 514.2 units per 1000 em |
|---|---|
| Average capital letter width | 603.6 units per 1000 em |
| Word space | 204 units per 1000 em |
| Digits | proportional (digit widths differ) |
| Spacing | proportional |
| Width of i compared with m | 27% |
| Printable ASCII characters covered | 94 of 94 |
| Category | Sans serif |
Weights and styles
Languages beyond basic Latin
Open fonts closest to Vend Sans
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.
- Apfel Grotezk Regularloosely similar widths (31.8 units)
- Anuphan Regularloosely similar widths (32.2 units)
- IBM Plex Sans Regularloosely similar widths (32.4 units)
- IBM Plex Sans Arabic Regularloosely similar widths (32.5 units)
- IBM Plex Sans Devanagari Regularloosely similar widths (32.5 units)
- IBM Plex Sans Hebrew Regularloosely similar widths (32.5 units)
- IBM Plex Sans KR Regularloosely similar widths (32.5 units)
- IBM Plex Sans Thai Looped Regularloosely similar widths (32.5 units)
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Questions people ask
+Can I edit a PDF that uses Vend Sans?
Yes. Drop the PDF into MythosPDF and click the text. New letters are set in Vend Sans itself, loaded from the open font, so the edit matches the rest of the page.
+Is Vend Sans free to use?
Vend Sans 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 Vend Sans?
By measured letter widths, Apfel Grotezk is the closest match among open fonts (a mean difference of 31.8 units per 1000 em). Text set in one takes almost the same space in the other.
+Which languages does Vend Sans support?
It includes these character sets: Latin, Central European.
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