DM Sans Light
DM Sans Light is the weight 300 face of DM Sans, a sans serif family. Its lowercase letters are about as wide as the typical sans serif font.
Measured metrics
| Average lowercase letter width | 512.2 units per 1000 em |
|---|---|
| Average capital letter width | 626.1 units per 1000 em |
| Word space | 275 units per 1000 em |
| Digits | proportional (digit widths differ) |
| Spacing | proportional |
| Width of i compared with m | 26% |
| Printable ASCII characters covered | 94 of 94 |
| Category | Sans serif |
Fonts closest to DM Sans Light
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.
- Rethink Sans Regularsimilar widths (23.1 units)
- Albert Sans Lightsimilar widths (27.7 units)
- Albert Sans ExtraLightsimilar widths (28.5 units)
- Rethink Sans Mediumsimilar widths (28.8 units)
- Fustat Regularsimilar widths (28.8 units)
- Fustat Lightsimilar widths (29 units)
- Fustat Mediumsimilar widths (29.5 units)
- Albert Sans Regularloosely similar widths (31.1 units)
Editing a PDF that uses DM Sans Light
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 DM Sans Light from the widths stored in your PDF, loads the complete open font, and sets your new text in DM Sans Light itself. The rest of the page is carried over untouched.
Other DM Sans styles
- DM Sans Thin Italic
- DM Sans Thin
- DM Sans ExtraLight Italic
- DM Sans ExtraLight
- DM Sans Light Italic
- DM Sans Italic
- DM Sans Regular
- DM Sans Medium Italic
- DM Sans Medium
- DM Sans SemiBold Italic
- DM Sans SemiBold
- DM Sans Bold Italic
- DM Sans Bold
- DM Sans ExtraBold Italic
- DM Sans ExtraBold
- DM Sans Black Italic
- DM Sans Black
Questions people ask
+What font is closest to DM Sans Light?
Among open fonts in the catalogue, Rethink Sans Regular has the closest letter widths to DM Sans Light: similar widths, a mean difference of 23.1 units per 1000 em.
+Does DM Sans Light 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 DM Sans Light inside a PDF?
Yes. MythosPDF recognises the font from your PDF, loads the complete DM Sans font, and sets new letters in DM Sans Light.
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