Zen Dots
Zen Dots is a display font in 1 weight. Its lowercase letters are 30% wider than the typical display font. Last updated 5 September 2025.
Editing a PDF that uses Zen Dots
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 Zen Dots from the widths stored in your PDF, loads the complete open font, and sets your new text in Zen Dots itself. The rest of the page is carried over untouched.
Measured metrics
| Average lowercase letter width | 679.7 units per 1000 em |
|---|---|
| Average capital letter width | 909.3 units per 1000 em |
| Word space | 350 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 | Display |
Weights and styles
Languages beyond basic Latin
Open fonts closest to Zen Dots
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 Expanded Regularloosely similar widths (65.1 units)
- Dela Gothic One Regularloosely similar widths (67.1 units)
- Special Gothic Expanded One Regularloosely similar widths (68 units)
- Bruno Ace Regularloosely similar widths (70 units)
- Unbounded Regularloosely similar widths (70.6 units)
- Science Gothic Regularloosely similar widths (71.1 units)
- Bruno Ace SC Regularloosely similar widths (78.8 units)
- Stint Ultra Expanded Regularloosely similar widths (81.1 units)
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Questions people ask
+Can I edit a PDF that uses Zen Dots?
Yes. Drop the PDF into MythosPDF and click the text. New letters are set in Zen Dots itself, loaded from the open font, so the edit matches the rest of the page.
+Is Zen Dots free to use?
Zen Dots 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 Zen Dots?
By measured letter widths, Zalando Sans Expanded is the closest match among open fonts (a mean difference of 65.1 units per 1000 em). Text set in one takes almost the same space in the other.
+Which languages does Zen Dots support?
It includes these character sets: Latin, Central European.
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