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Gentium Book Plus Regular

Gentium Book Plus Regular is the weight 400 face of Gentium Book Plus, a serif family. Its lowercase letters are 7% narrower than the typical serif font.

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Gentium Book Plus Regular
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Measured metrics

Average lowercase letter width479.4 units per 1000 em
Average capital letter width578.4 units per 1000 em
Word space220.2 units per 1000 em
Digitstabular (every digit is 481.4 units wide, so columns of numbers line up)
Spacingproportional
Width of i compared with m34%
Printable ASCII characters covered94 of 94
CategorySerif

Fonts closest to Gentium Book Plus 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.

  1. Gentium Book Basic Regularnearly identical widths (1.5 units)
  2. Gentium Plus Regularvery close widths (9 units)
  3. Namdhinggo Boldsimilar widths (17.5 units)
  4. Gentium Plus Boldsimilar widths (17.8 units)
  5. Namdhinggo ExtraBoldsimilar widths (18 units)
  6. Dai Banna SIL Boldsimilar widths (20.1 units)
  7. Namdhinggo SemiBoldsimilar widths (21.5 units)
  8. Dai Banna SIL SemiBoldsimilar widths (24.9 units)

Editing a PDF that uses Gentium Book Plus 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 Gentium Book Plus Regular from the widths stored in your PDF, loads the complete open font, and sets your new text in Gentium Book Plus Regular itself. The rest of the page is carried over untouched.

Other Gentium Book Plus styles

Questions people ask

+What font is closest to Gentium Book Plus Regular?

Among open fonts in the catalogue, Gentium Book Basic Regular has the closest letter widths to Gentium Book Plus Regular: nearly identical widths, a mean difference of 1.5 units per 1000 em.

+Does Gentium Book Plus Regular have tabular numbers?

Yes. All ten digits are 481.4 units wide, so numbers in tables and invoices line up.

+Can I type new text in Gentium Book Plus Regular inside a PDF?

Yes. MythosPDF recognises the font from your PDF, loads the complete Gentium Book Plus font, and sets new letters in Gentium Book Plus Regular.

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