Work Sans
Work Sans is a sans serif font in 9 weights with italics, also available as a variable font. Its lowercase letters are 6% wider than the typical sans serif font. Last updated 11 September 2025.
Editing a PDF that uses Work 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 Work Sans from the widths stored in your PDF, loads the complete open font, and sets your new text in Work Sans itself. The rest of the page is carried over untouched.
Measured metrics
| Average lowercase letter width | 547.8 units per 1000 em |
|---|---|
| Average capital letter width | 664.1 units per 1000 em |
| Word space | 341 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
- Work Sans Thin Italic
- Work Sans Thin
- Work Sans ExtraLight Italic
- Work Sans ExtraLight
- Work Sans Light Italic
- Work Sans Light
- Work Sans Italic
- Work Sans Regular
- Work Sans Medium Italic
- Work Sans Medium
- Work Sans SemiBold Italic
- Work Sans SemiBold
- Work Sans Bold Italic
- Work Sans Bold
- Work Sans ExtraBold Italic
- Work Sans ExtraBold
- Work Sans Black Italic
- Work Sans Black
Languages beyond basic Latin
Open fonts closest to Work 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.
- Kantumruy Pro Regularvery close widths (11.3 units)
- Schibsted Grotesk Regularsimilar widths (28.3 units)
- Onest Regularsimilar widths (28.7 units)
- TASA Orbiter Regularsimilar widths (28.9 units)
- Golos Text Regularsimilar widths (29.1 units)
- Open Runde Regularsimilar widths (29.8 units)
- Geologica Regularsimilar widths (29.9 units)
- Fustat Regularloosely similar widths (30.1 units)
Compare Work Sans
Questions people ask
+Can I edit a PDF that uses Work Sans?
Yes. Drop the PDF into MythosPDF and click the text. New letters are set in Work Sans itself, loaded from the open font, so the edit matches the rest of the page.
+Is Work Sans free to use?
Work 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 Work Sans?
By measured letter widths, Kantumruy Pro is the closest match among open fonts (a mean difference of 11.3 units per 1000 em). Text set in one takes almost the same space in the other.
+Which languages does Work Sans support?
It includes these character sets: Latin, Central European, Vietnamese.
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