Cairo Play Medium
Cairo Play Medium is the weight 500 face of Cairo Play, a sans serif family. Its lowercase letters are 8% narrower than the typical sans serif font.
Measured metrics
| Average lowercase letter width | 476.5 units per 1000 em |
|---|---|
| Average capital letter width | 586.2 units per 1000 em |
| Word space | 220 units per 1000 em |
| Digits | tabular (every digit is 559 units wide, so columns of numbers line up) |
| Spacing | proportional |
| Width of i compared with m | 27% |
| Printable ASCII characters covered | 94 of 94 |
| Category | Sans serif |
Fonts closest to Cairo Play 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.
- Cairo Mediumidentical letter widths (0 units)
- Cairo SemiBoldnearly identical widths (1.8 units)
- Cairo Regularnearly identical widths (1.9 units)
- Sunflower Lightnearly identical widths (2.5 units)
- Titillium Web Regularnearly identical widths (2.6 units)
- Titillium Web Lightvery close widths (6.3 units)
- Titillium Web SemiBoldvery close widths (6.8 units)
- Sunflower Mediumvery close widths (6.8 units)
Editing a PDF that uses Cairo Play 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 Cairo Play Medium from the widths stored in your PDF, loads the complete open font, and sets your new text in Cairo Play Medium itself. The rest of the page is carried over untouched.
Other Cairo Play styles
Questions people ask
+What font is closest to Cairo Play Medium?
Among open fonts in the catalogue, Cairo Medium has the closest letter widths to Cairo Play Medium: identical letter widths, a mean difference of 0 units per 1000 em.
+Does Cairo Play Medium have tabular numbers?
Yes. All ten digits are 559 units wide, so numbers in tables and invoices line up.
+Can I type new text in Cairo Play Medium inside a PDF?
Yes. MythosPDF recognises the font from your PDF, loads the complete Cairo Play font, and sets new letters in Cairo Play Medium.
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