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Big Shoulders Black

Big Shoulders Black is the weight 900 face of Big Shoulders, a display family. Its lowercase letters are 9% narrower than the typical display font.

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Big Shoulders Black
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Measured metrics

Average lowercase letter width475.1 units per 1000 em
Average capital letter width514.2 units per 1000 em
Word space220 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 Black

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 Text Blacknearly identical widths (1.6 units)
  2. Big Shoulders Stencil Blacknearly identical widths (2 units)
  3. Big Shoulders Stencil Text Blacknearly identical widths (3.5 units)
  4. Big Shoulders Inline Blackvery close widths (9.3 units)
  5. Big Shoulders Inline Text Blackvery close widths (10.3 units)
  6. Big Shoulders Stencil ExtraBoldvery close widths (14.1 units)
  7. Big Shoulders Inline ExtraBoldsimilar widths (19.1 units)
  8. Big Shoulders Stencil Display Blacksimilar widths (21.6 units)

Editing a PDF that uses Big Shoulders Black

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

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Questions people ask

+What font is closest to Big Shoulders Black?

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

+Does Big Shoulders Black 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 Black inside a PDF?

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

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