Fraunces Light
Fraunces Light is the weight 300 face of Fraunces, a serif family. Its lowercase letters are about as wide as the typical serif font.
Measured metrics
| Average lowercase letter width | 516.4 units per 1000 em |
|---|---|
| Average capital letter width | 686.1 units per 1000 em |
| Word space | 231.5 units per 1000 em |
| Digits | proportional (digit widths differ) |
| Spacing | proportional |
| Width of i compared with m | 31% |
| Printable ASCII characters covered | 94 of 94 |
| Category | Serif |
Fonts closest to Fraunces 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.
- Averia Serif Libre Lightsimilar widths (25.8 units)
- Averia Serif Libre Regularsimilar widths (26.1 units)
- Poltawski Nowy Regularloosely similar widths (31.1 units)
- Playfair Display Boldloosely similar widths (32.2 units)
- Playfair Display SemiBoldloosely similar widths (32.5 units)
- Poltawski Nowy Mediumloosely similar widths (33.2 units)
- Alike Regularloosely similar widths (33.6 units)
- Petrona Boldloosely similar widths (33.6 units)
Editing a PDF that uses Fraunces 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 Fraunces Light from the widths stored in your PDF, loads the complete open font, and sets your new text in Fraunces Light itself. The rest of the page is carried over untouched.
Other Fraunces styles
- Fraunces Thin Italic
- Fraunces Thin
- Fraunces ExtraLight Italic
- Fraunces ExtraLight
- Fraunces Light Italic
- Fraunces Italic
- Fraunces Regular
- Fraunces Medium Italic
- Fraunces Medium
- Fraunces SemiBold Italic
- Fraunces SemiBold
- Fraunces Bold Italic
- Fraunces Bold
- Fraunces ExtraBold Italic
- Fraunces ExtraBold
- Fraunces Black Italic
- Fraunces Black
Questions people ask
+What font is closest to Fraunces Light?
Among open fonts in the catalogue, Averia Serif Libre Light has the closest letter widths to Fraunces Light: similar widths, a mean difference of 25.8 units per 1000 em.
+Does Fraunces 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 Fraunces Light inside a PDF?
Yes. MythosPDF recognises the font from your PDF, loads the complete Fraunces font, and sets new letters in Fraunces Light.
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