Fanwood Text Italic
Fanwood Text Italic is the italic weight 400 face of Fanwood Text, a serif family. Its lowercase letters are 17% narrower than the typical serif font.
Measured metrics
| Average lowercase letter width | 428 units per 1000 em |
|---|---|
| Average capital letter width | 659.6 units per 1000 em |
| Word space | 199.9 units per 1000 em |
| Digits | tabular (every digit is 500 units wide, so columns of numbers line up) |
| Spacing | proportional |
| Width of i compared with m | 37% |
| Printable ASCII characters covered | 94 of 94 |
| Category | Serif |
Fonts closest to Fanwood 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.
- Spectral SC Light Italicloosely similar widths (33.4 units)
- Spectral Light Italicloosely similar widths (33.4 units)
- Newsreader Light Italicloosely similar widths (36.4 units)
- Spectral SC ExtraLight Italicloosely similar widths (36.8 units)
- Spectral ExtraLight Italicloosely similar widths (36.8 units)
- Spectral Italicloosely similar widths (37.3 units)
- Spectral SC Italicloosely similar widths (37.3 units)
- Newsreader ExtraLight Italicloosely similar widths (38.6 units)
Editing a PDF that uses Fanwood 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 Fanwood Text Italic from the widths stored in your PDF, loads the complete open font, and sets your new text in Fanwood Text Italic itself. The rest of the page is carried over untouched.
Other Fanwood Text styles
Questions people ask
+What font is closest to Fanwood Text Italic?
Among open fonts in the catalogue, Spectral SC Light Italic has the closest letter widths to Fanwood Text Italic: loosely similar widths, a mean difference of 33.4 units per 1000 em.
+Does Fanwood Text Italic have tabular numbers?
Yes. All ten digits are 500 units wide, so numbers in tables and invoices line up.
+Can I type new text in Fanwood Text Italic inside a PDF?
Yes. MythosPDF recognises the font from your PDF, loads the complete Fanwood Text font, and sets new letters in Fanwood Text Italic.
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