Afacad Medium
Afacad Medium is the weight 500 face of Afacad, a sans serif family. Its lowercase letters are 14% narrower than the typical sans serif font.
Measured metrics
| Average lowercase letter width | 445.6 units per 1000 em |
|---|---|
| Average capital letter width | 552.9 units per 1000 em |
| Word space | 208.3 units per 1000 em |
| Digits | tabular (every digit is 520.8 units wide, so columns of numbers line up) |
| Spacing | proportional |
| Width of i compared with m | 28% |
| Printable ASCII characters covered | 94 of 94 |
| Category | Sans serif |
Fonts closest to Afacad Medium
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.
- Afacad Flux Mediumidentical letter widths (0.2 units)
- Afacad Flux SemiBoldnearly identical widths (2.5 units)
- Afacad Flux Regularnearly identical widths (4.3 units)
- Afacad Flux Boldnearly identical widths (4.8 units)
- Afacad Flux Lightvery close widths (7.5 units)
- Afacad Flux ExtraLightvery close widths (9.8 units)
- Afacad Flux ExtraBoldvery close widths (11.8 units)
- Afacad Flux Thinvery close widths (12.4 units)
Editing a PDF that uses Afacad Medium
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 Afacad Medium from the widths stored in your PDF, loads the complete open font, and sets your new text in Afacad Medium itself. The rest of the page is carried over untouched.
Other Afacad styles
Questions people ask
+What font is closest to Afacad Medium?
Among open fonts in the catalogue, Afacad Flux Medium has the closest letter widths to Afacad Medium: identical letter widths, a mean difference of 0.2 units per 1000 em.
+Does Afacad Medium have tabular numbers?
Yes. All ten digits are 520.8 units wide, so numbers in tables and invoices line up.
+Can I type new text in Afacad Medium inside a PDF?
Yes. MythosPDF recognises the font from your PDF, loads the complete Afacad font, and sets new letters in Afacad Medium.
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