Zen Kurenaido
Zen Kurenaido is a sans serif font in 1 weight. Its lowercase letters are 17% narrower than the typical sans serif font. Last updated 10 September 2025.
Editing a PDF that uses Zen Kurenaido
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 Kurenaido from the widths stored in your PDF, loads the complete open font, and sets your new text in Zen Kurenaido itself. The rest of the page is carried over untouched.
Measured metrics
| Average lowercase letter width | 432.4 units per 1000 em |
|---|---|
| Average capital letter width | 586.8 units per 1000 em |
| Word space | 270 units per 1000 em |
| Digits | proportional (digit widths differ) |
| Spacing | proportional |
| Width of i compared with m | 43% |
| Printable ASCII characters covered | 94 of 94 |
| Category | Sans serif |
Weights and styles
Languages beyond basic Latin
Open fonts closest to Zen Kurenaido
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.
- Athiti Regularloosely similar widths (47.3 units)
- Sree Krushnadevaraya Regularloosely similar widths (47.9 units)
- Averia Sans Libre Regularloosely similar widths (48.3 units)
- Finlandica Headline Regularloosely similar widths (48.8 units)
- Epunda Sans Regularloosely similar widths (49.8 units)
- Signika Regularloosely similar widths (50.2 units)
- Signika Negative Regularloosely similar widths (50.4 units)
- Akaya Kanadaka Regularloosely similar widths (50.7 units)
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Questions people ask
+Can I edit a PDF that uses Zen Kurenaido?
Yes. Drop the PDF into MythosPDF and click the text. New letters are set in Zen Kurenaido itself, loaded from the open font, so the edit matches the rest of the page.
+Is Zen Kurenaido free to use?
Zen Kurenaido 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 Kurenaido?
By measured letter widths, Athiti is the closest match among open fonts (a mean difference of 47.3 units per 1000 em). Text set in one takes almost the same space in the other.
+Which languages does Zen Kurenaido support?
It includes these character sets: Cyrillic, Greek, Japanese, Latin, Central European.
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