EB Garamond Regular
EB Garamond Regular is the weight 400 face of EB Garamond, a serif family. Its lowercase letters are 15% narrower than the typical serif font.
Measured metrics
| Average lowercase letter width | 437.4 units per 1000 em |
|---|---|
| Average capital letter width | 659.1 units per 1000 em |
| Word space | 200 units per 1000 em |
| Digits | tabular (every digit is 480 units wide, so columns of numbers line up) |
| Spacing | proportional |
| Width of i compared with m | 32% |
| Printable ASCII characters covered | 94 of 94 |
| Category | Serif |
Fonts closest to EB Garamond Regular
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.
- Benne Regularvery close widths (14.5 units)
- Crimson Text Regularsimilar widths (29.7 units)
- Shafarik Regularloosely similar widths (32.2 units)
- Fanwood Text Regularloosely similar widths (32.9 units)
- Cormorant Garamond Boldloosely similar widths (36.7 units)
- Cormorant Boldloosely similar widths (36.9 units)
- Cormorant Infant Boldloosely similar widths (36.9 units)
- Cormorant Infant SemiBoldloosely similar widths (37.3 units)
Editing a PDF that uses EB Garamond Regular
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 EB Garamond Regular from the widths stored in your PDF, loads the complete open font, and sets your new text in EB Garamond Regular itself. The rest of the page is carried over untouched.
Other EB Garamond styles
Questions people ask
+What font is closest to EB Garamond Regular?
Among open fonts in the catalogue, Benne Regular has the closest letter widths to EB Garamond Regular: very close widths, a mean difference of 14.5 units per 1000 em.
+Does EB Garamond Regular have tabular numbers?
Yes. All ten digits are 480 units wide, so numbers in tables and invoices line up.
+Can I type new text in EB Garamond Regular inside a PDF?
Yes. MythosPDF recognises the font from your PDF, loads the complete EB Garamond font, and sets new letters in EB Garamond Regular.
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