Big Shoulders Text
Big Shoulders Text is a display font in 9 weights, also available as a variable font. Its lowercase letters are 30% narrower than the typical display font. Last updated 4 September 2024.
Editing a PDF that uses Big Shoulders Text
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 Big Shoulders Text from the widths stored in your PDF, loads the complete open font, and sets your new text in Big Shoulders Text itself. The rest of the page is carried over untouched.
Measured metrics
| Average lowercase letter width | 366.9 units per 1000 em |
|---|---|
| Average capital letter width | 404.4 units per 1000 em |
| Word space | 207 units per 1000 em |
| Digits | proportional (digit widths differ) |
| Spacing | proportional |
| Width of i compared with m | 31% |
| Printable ASCII characters covered | 94 of 94 |
| Category | Display |
Weights and styles
Languages beyond basic Latin
Open fonts closest to Big Shoulders Text
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.
- Big Shoulders Stencil Text Regularnearly identical widths (1 units)
- Big Shoulders Regularnearly identical widths (4.9 units)
- Big Shoulders Stencil Regularvery close widths (5.6 units)
- Big Shoulders Inline Text Regularvery close widths (7.4 units)
- Big Shoulders Inline Regularvery close widths (11 units)
- Big Shoulders Stencil Display Regularvery close widths (13.8 units)
- Big Shoulders Display Regularvery close widths (14.1 units)
- Big Shoulders Inline Display Regularsimilar widths (16.7 units)
Compare Big Shoulders Text
- Big Shoulders Text vs Big Shoulders
- Big Shoulders Text vs Big Shoulders Display
- Big Shoulders Text vs Big Shoulders Inline Text
- Big Shoulders Text vs Big Shoulders Stencil
- Big Shoulders Text vs Big Shoulders Stencil Text
- Big Shoulders Text vs Dongle
- Big Shoulders Text vs Imbue
- Big Shoulders Text vs League Gothic
Questions people ask
+Can I edit a PDF that uses Big Shoulders Text?
Yes. Drop the PDF into MythosPDF and click the text. New letters are set in Big Shoulders Text itself, loaded from the open font, so the edit matches the rest of the page.
+Is Big Shoulders Text free to use?
Big Shoulders Text 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 Big Shoulders Text?
By measured letter widths, Big Shoulders Stencil Text is the closest match among open fonts (a mean difference of 1 units per 1000 em). Text set in one takes almost the same space in the other.
+Which languages does Big Shoulders Text support?
It includes these character sets: Latin, Central European, Vietnamese.
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