Zalando Sans Expanded
Zalando Sans Expanded is a sans serif font in 8 weights with italics, also available as a variable font. Its lowercase letters are 21% wider than the typical sans serif font. Last updated 2 April 2026.
Editing a PDF that uses Zalando Sans Expanded
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 Zalando Sans Expanded from the widths stored in your PDF, loads the complete open font, and sets your new text in Zalando Sans Expanded itself. The rest of the page is carried over untouched.
Measured metrics
| Average lowercase letter width | 627.1 units per 1000 em |
|---|---|
| Average capital letter width | 832.4 units per 1000 em |
| Word space | 294 units per 1000 em |
| Digits | proportional (digit widths differ) |
| Spacing | proportional |
| Width of i compared with m | 22% |
| Printable ASCII characters covered | 94 of 94 |
| Category | Sans serif |
Weights and styles
- Zalando Sans Expanded ExtraLight Italic
- Zalando Sans Expanded ExtraLight
- Zalando Sans Expanded Light Italic
- Zalando Sans Expanded Light
- Zalando Sans Expanded Italic
- Zalando Sans Expanded Regular
- Zalando Sans Expanded Medium Italic
- Zalando Sans Expanded Medium
- Zalando Sans Expanded SemiBold Italic
- Zalando Sans Expanded SemiBold
- Zalando Sans Expanded Bold Italic
- Zalando Sans Expanded Bold
- Zalando Sans Expanded ExtraBold Italic
- Zalando Sans Expanded ExtraBold
- Zalando Sans Expanded Black Italic
- Zalando Sans Expanded Black
Languages beyond basic Latin
Open fonts closest to Zalando Sans Expanded
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.
- Zalando Sans SemiExpanded Regularloosely similar widths (50.5 units)
- Special Gothic Expanded One Regularloosely similar widths (50.6 units)
- Science Gothic Regularloosely similar widths (55.5 units)
- LINE Seed JP Regularloosely similar widths (59.9 units)
- Unbounded Regularloosely similar widths (61.2 units)
- Goldman Regularloosely similar widths (66.7 units)
- Syne Regularloosely similar widths (68.9 units)
- Tomorrow Regularloosely similar widths (69.1 units)
Compare Zalando Sans Expanded
Questions people ask
+Can I edit a PDF that uses Zalando Sans Expanded?
Yes. Drop the PDF into MythosPDF and click the text. New letters are set in Zalando Sans Expanded itself, loaded from the open font, so the edit matches the rest of the page.
+Is Zalando Sans Expanded free to use?
Zalando Sans Expanded 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 Zalando Sans Expanded?
By measured letter widths, Zalando Sans SemiExpanded is the closest match among open fonts (a mean difference of 50.5 units per 1000 em). Text set in one takes almost the same space in the other.
+Which languages does Zalando Sans Expanded support?
It includes these character sets: Latin, Central European, Vietnamese.
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