Fira Sans Light
Fira Sans Light is the weight 300 face of Fira Sans, a sans serif family. Its lowercase letters are 5% narrower than the typical sans serif font.
Measured metrics
| Average lowercase letter width | 495.2 units per 1000 em |
|---|---|
| Average capital letter width | 569.3 units per 1000 em |
| Word space | 279 units per 1000 em |
| Digits | proportional (digit widths differ) |
| Spacing | proportional |
| Width of i compared with m | 32% |
| Printable ASCII characters covered | 94 of 94 |
| Category | Sans serif |
Fonts closest to Fira 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.
- FiraGO Lightnearly identical widths (0.8 units)
- FiraGO ExtraLightvery close widths (9 units)
- FiraGO Regularvery close widths (11.9 units)
- FiraGO Thinvery close widths (12.9 units)
- FiraGO Mediumsimilar widths (19.9 units)
- FiraGO SemiBoldsimilar widths (23.1 units)
- FiraGO Boldsimilar widths (26.8 units)
- Fira Sans Condensed Boldsimilar widths (27.9 units)
Editing a PDF that uses Fira 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 Fira Sans Light from the widths stored in your PDF, loads the complete open font, and sets your new text in Fira Sans Light itself. The rest of the page is carried over untouched.
Other Fira Sans styles
- Fira Sans Thin Italic
- Fira Sans Thin
- Fira Sans ExtraLight Italic
- Fira Sans ExtraLight
- Fira Sans Light Italic
- Fira Sans Italic
- Fira Sans Regular
- Fira Sans Medium Italic
- Fira Sans Medium
- Fira Sans SemiBold Italic
- Fira Sans SemiBold
- Fira Sans Bold Italic
- Fira Sans Bold
- Fira Sans ExtraBold Italic
- Fira Sans ExtraBold
- Fira Sans Black Italic
- Fira Sans Black
Questions people ask
+What font is closest to Fira Sans Light?
Among open fonts in the catalogue, FiraGO Light has the closest letter widths to Fira Sans Light: nearly identical widths, a mean difference of 0.8 units per 1000 em.
+Does Fira 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 Fira Sans Light inside a PDF?
Yes. MythosPDF recognises the font from your PDF, loads the complete Fira Sans font, and sets new letters in Fira Sans Light.
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