EB Garamond Medium
EB Garamond Medium is the weight 500 face of EB Garamond, a serif family. Its lowercase letters are 13% narrower than the typical serif font.
Measured metrics
| Average lowercase letter width | 452.6 units per 1000 em |
|---|---|
| Average capital letter width | 668.4 units per 1000 em |
| Word space | 213 units per 1000 em |
| Digits | tabular (every digit is 497 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 | Serif |
Fonts closest to EB Garamond 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.
- Benne Regularsimilar widths (23.2 units)
- Shafarik Regularsimilar widths (29.2 units)
- Crimson Text Regularloosely similar widths (30.8 units)
- STIX Two Text Regularloosely similar widths (32.6 units)
- Ysabeau Office ExtraLightloosely similar widths (32.8 units)
- Fanwood Text Regularloosely similar widths (32.9 units)
- Ysabeau Office Lightloosely similar widths (33 units)
- Ysabeau Office Thinloosely similar widths (33 units)
Editing a PDF that uses EB Garamond 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 EB Garamond Medium from the widths stored in your PDF, loads the complete open font, and sets your new text in EB Garamond Medium itself. The rest of the page is carried over untouched.
Other EB Garamond styles
Questions people ask
+What font is closest to EB Garamond Medium?
Among open fonts in the catalogue, Benne Regular has the closest letter widths to EB Garamond Medium: similar widths, a mean difference of 23.2 units per 1000 em.
+Does EB Garamond Medium have tabular numbers?
Yes. All ten digits are 497 units wide, so numbers in tables and invoices line up.
+Can I type new text in EB Garamond Medium inside a PDF?
Yes. MythosPDF recognises the font from your PDF, loads the complete EB Garamond font, and sets new letters in EB Garamond Medium.
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