Zen Kaku Gothic Antique
Zen Kaku Gothic Antique is a sans serif font in 5 weights. Its lowercase letters are 7% narrower than the typical sans serif font. Last updated 5 September 2025.
Editing a PDF that uses Zen Kaku Gothic Antique
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 Kaku Gothic Antique from the widths stored in your PDF, loads the complete open font, and sets your new text in Zen Kaku Gothic Antique itself. The rest of the page is carried over untouched.
Measured metrics
| Average lowercase letter width | 484.8 units per 1000 em |
|---|---|
| Average capital letter width | 626 units per 1000 em |
| Word space | 280 units per 1000 em |
| Digits | proportional (digit widths differ) |
| Spacing | proportional |
| Width of i compared with m | 30% |
| Printable ASCII characters covered | 94 of 94 |
| Category | Sans serif |
Weights and styles
Languages beyond basic Latin
Open fonts closest to Zen Kaku Gothic Antique
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.
- Zen Kaku Gothic New Regularidentical letter widths (0 units)
- Zen Maru Gothic Regularnearly identical widths (1.6 units)
- Overpass Regularloosely similar widths (40.1 units)
- Gabarito Regularloosely similar widths (40.7 units)
- Istok Web Regularloosely similar widths (43.8 units)
- Bai Jamjuree Regularloosely similar widths (44 units)
- Averia Libre Regularloosely similar widths (44.9 units)
- Averia Sans Libre Regularloosely similar widths (44.9 units)
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Questions people ask
+Can I edit a PDF that uses Zen Kaku Gothic Antique?
Yes. Drop the PDF into MythosPDF and click the text. New letters are set in Zen Kaku Gothic Antique itself, loaded from the open font, so the edit matches the rest of the page.
+Is Zen Kaku Gothic Antique free to use?
Zen Kaku Gothic Antique 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 Kaku Gothic Antique?
By measured letter widths, Zen Kaku Gothic New is the closest match among open fonts (a mean difference of 0 units per 1000 em). Text set in one takes almost the same space in the other.
+Which languages does Zen Kaku Gothic Antique support?
It includes these character sets: Cyrillic, Japanese, Latin, Central European.
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