Alan Sans Medium
Alan Sans Medium is the weight 500 face of Alan Sans, a sans serif family. Its lowercase letters are about as wide as the typical sans serif font.
Measured metrics
| Average lowercase letter width | 530.7 units per 1000 em |
|---|---|
| Average capital letter width | 680.8 units per 1000 em |
| Word space | 247 units per 1000 em |
| Digits | proportional (digit widths differ) |
| Spacing | proportional |
| Width of i compared with m | 29% |
| Printable ASCII characters covered | 94 of 94 |
| Category | Sans serif |
Fonts closest to Alan Sans 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.
- Huninn Regularsimilar widths (24.2 units)
- Bpmf Huninn Regularsimilar widths (24.2 units)
- Varela Regularsimilar widths (24.4 units)
- Varela Round Regularsimilar widths (25.3 units)
- Public Sans SemiBoldsimilar widths (29.7 units)
- TASA Orbiter SemiBoldloosely similar widths (30.2 units)
- TASA Orbiter Mediumloosely similar widths (30.3 units)
- Open Runde Regularloosely similar widths (30.4 units)
Editing a PDF that uses Alan Sans 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 Alan Sans Medium from the widths stored in your PDF, loads the complete open font, and sets your new text in Alan Sans Medium itself. The rest of the page is carried over untouched.
Other Alan Sans styles
Questions people ask
+What font is closest to Alan Sans Medium?
Among open fonts in the catalogue, Huninn Regular has the closest letter widths to Alan Sans Medium: similar widths, a mean difference of 24.2 units per 1000 em.
+Does Alan Sans Medium have tabular numbers?
No. Its digits have different widths, so numbers in columns do not align on their own.
+Can I type new text in Alan Sans Medium inside a PDF?
Yes. MythosPDF recognises the font from your PDF, loads the complete Alan Sans font, and sets new letters in Alan Sans Medium.
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