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Big Shoulders Bold

Big Shoulders Bold is the weight 700 face of Big Shoulders, a display family. Its lowercase letters are 16% narrower than the typical display font.

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Big Shoulders Bold
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Measured metrics

Average lowercase letter width441.8 units per 1000 em
Average capital letter width480 units per 1000 em
Word space216 units per 1000 em
Digitsproportional (digit widths differ)
Spacingproportional
Width of i compared with m30%
Printable ASCII characters covered94 of 94
CategoryDisplay

Fonts closest to Big Shoulders Bold

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. Big Shoulders Stencil Boldnearly identical widths (1.6 units)
  2. Big Shoulders Text ExtraBoldvery close widths (6.9 units)
  3. Big Shoulders Stencil Text ExtraBoldvery close widths (8.3 units)
  4. Big Shoulders Inline Boldvery close widths (8.5 units)
  5. Big Shoulders Display Blackvery close widths (11.7 units)
  6. Big Shoulders Stencil Display Blackvery close widths (13 units)
  7. Big Shoulders Inline Text ExtraBoldvery close widths (13.9 units)
  8. Big Shoulders Stencil SemiBoldvery close widths (14.3 units)

Editing a PDF that uses Big Shoulders Bold

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

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Questions people ask

+What font is closest to Big Shoulders Bold?

Among open fonts in the catalogue, Big Shoulders Stencil Bold has the closest letter widths to Big Shoulders Bold: nearly identical widths, a mean difference of 1.6 units per 1000 em.

+Does Big Shoulders Bold 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 Big Shoulders Bold inside a PDF?

Yes. MythosPDF recognises the font from your PDF, loads the complete Big Shoulders font, and sets new letters in Big Shoulders Bold.

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