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Crimson Text Italic

Crimson Text Italic is the italic weight 400 face of Crimson Text, a serif family. Its lowercase letters are 21% narrower than the typical serif font.

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Crimson Text Italic
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Measured metrics

Average lowercase letter width406.1 units per 1000 em
Average capital letter width581.5 units per 1000 em
Word space222.7 units per 1000 em
Digitsproportional (digit widths differ)
Spacingproportional
Width of i compared with m37%
Printable ASCII characters covered94 of 94
CategorySerif

Fonts closest to Crimson Text 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. Cormorant Infant Medium Italicloosely similar widths (30.8 units)
  2. Cormorant Infant Italicloosely similar widths (30.9 units)
  3. Cormorant Infant Light Italicloosely similar widths (31.2 units)
  4. Cormorant Infant SemiBold Italicloosely similar widths (31.6 units)
  5. Cormorant Garamond Medium Italicloosely similar widths (31.7 units)
  6. Cormorant Medium Italicloosely similar widths (31.7 units)
  7. Cormorant Garamond SemiBold Italicloosely similar widths (32 units)
  8. Cormorant SemiBold Italicloosely similar widths (32 units)

Editing a PDF that uses Crimson Text 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 Crimson Text Italic from the widths stored in your PDF, loads the complete open font, and sets your new text in Crimson Text Italic itself. The rest of the page is carried over untouched.

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Questions people ask

+What font is closest to Crimson Text Italic?

Among open fonts in the catalogue, Cormorant Infant Medium Italic has the closest letter widths to Crimson Text Italic: loosely similar widths, a mean difference of 30.8 units per 1000 em.

+Does Crimson Text 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 Crimson Text Italic inside a PDF?

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

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