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Barlow Medium Italic

Barlow Medium Italic is the italic weight 500 face of Barlow, a sans serif family. Its lowercase letters are 7% narrower than the typical sans serif font.

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Barlow Medium Italic
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Measured metrics

Average lowercase letter width480.7 units per 1000 em
Average capital letter width587.5 units per 1000 em
Word space194 units per 1000 em
Digitsproportional (digit widths differ)
Spacingproportional
Width of i compared with m31%
Printable ASCII characters covered94 of 94
CategorySans serif

Fonts closest to Barlow Medium Italic

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.

  1. Scada Italicloosely similar widths (33.6 units)
  2. Barlow Semi Condensed Black Italicloosely similar widths (35.9 units)
  3. Barlow Semi Condensed ExtraBold Italicloosely similar widths (36.4 units)
  4. Averia Sans Libre Light Italicloosely similar widths (37.2 units)
  5. Roboto Medium Italicloosely similar widths (37.8 units)
  6. Averia Sans Libre Italicloosely similar widths (37.9 units)
  7. Scada Bold Italicloosely similar widths (38 units)
  8. Rambla Bold Italicloosely similar widths (38 units)

Editing a PDF that uses Barlow Medium Italic

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 Barlow Medium Italic from the widths stored in your PDF, loads the complete open font, and sets your new text in Barlow Medium Italic itself. The rest of the page is carried over untouched.

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Questions people ask

+What font is closest to Barlow Medium Italic?

Among open fonts in the catalogue, Scada Italic has the closest letter widths to Barlow Medium Italic: loosely similar widths, a mean difference of 33.6 units per 1000 em.

+Does Barlow Medium Italic 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 Barlow Medium Italic inside a PDF?

Yes. MythosPDF recognises the font from your PDF, loads the complete Barlow font, and sets new letters in Barlow Medium Italic.

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