DejaVu Sans Bold
DejaVu Sans Bold is the weight 700 face of DejaVu Sans, a sans serif family. Its lowercase letters are 23% wider than the typical sans serif font.
Measured metrics
| Average lowercase letter width | 636.1 units per 1000 em |
|---|---|
| Average capital letter width | 754.9 units per 1000 em |
| Word space | 348.1 units per 1000 em |
| Digits | tabular (every digit is 695.8 units wide, so columns of numbers line up) |
| Spacing | proportional |
| Width of i compared with m | 33% |
| Printable ASCII characters covered | 94 of 94 |
| Category | Sans serif |
Fonts closest to DejaVu Sans 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.
- DejaVu Serif Boldsimilar widths (25.5 units)
- DejaVu Serif Regularloosely similar widths (46.7 units)
- BIZ UDPMincho Regularloosely similar widths (50.7 units)
- BIZ UDPGothic Boldloosely similar widths (51.6 units)
- Train One Regularloosely similar widths (52.5 units)
- BIZ UDPGothic Regularloosely similar widths (52.5 units)
- Reggae One Regularloosely similar widths (52.6 units)
- Valley Sans Blackloosely similar widths (54.2 units)
Editing a PDF that uses DejaVu Sans 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 DejaVu Sans Bold from the widths stored in your PDF, loads the complete open font, and sets your new text in DejaVu Sans Bold itself. The rest of the page is carried over untouched.
Other DejaVu Sans styles
Questions people ask
+What font is closest to DejaVu Sans Bold?
Among open fonts in the catalogue, DejaVu Serif Bold has the closest letter widths to DejaVu Sans Bold: similar widths, a mean difference of 25.5 units per 1000 em.
+Does DejaVu Sans Bold have tabular numbers?
Yes. All ten digits are 695.8 units wide, so numbers in tables and invoices line up.
+Can I type new text in DejaVu Sans Bold inside a PDF?
Yes. MythosPDF recognises the font from your PDF, loads the complete DejaVu Sans font, and sets new letters in DejaVu Sans Bold.
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