Zen Kaku Gothic New
Zen Kaku Gothic New is a sans serif font in 5 weights. Its lowercase letters are 7% narrower than the typical sans serif font. Last updated 16 September 2025.
Editing a PDF that uses Zen Kaku Gothic New
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 New from the widths stored in your PDF, loads the complete open font, and sets your new text in Zen Kaku Gothic New 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 New
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 Antique 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 New?
Yes. Drop the PDF into MythosPDF and click the text. New letters are set in Zen Kaku Gothic New itself, loaded from the open font, so the edit matches the rest of the page.
+Is Zen Kaku Gothic New free to use?
Zen Kaku Gothic New 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 New?
By measured letter widths, Zen Kaku Gothic Antique 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 New support?
It includes these character sets: Cyrillic, Japanese, Latin, Central European.
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