Hanken Grotesk Light
Hanken Grotesk Light is the weight 300 face of Hanken Grotesk, a sans serif family. Its lowercase letters are 4% narrower than the typical sans serif font.
Measured metrics
| Average lowercase letter width | 499.3 units per 1000 em |
|---|---|
| Average capital letter width | 630.3 units per 1000 em |
| Word space | 260 units per 1000 em |
| Digits | tabular (every digit is 560 units wide, so columns of numbers line up) |
| Spacing | proportional |
| Width of i compared with m | 27% |
| Printable ASCII characters covered | 94 of 94 |
| Category | Sans serif |
Fonts closest to Hanken Grotesk 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.
- Heebo Mediumsimilar widths (29.8 units)
- Heebo Lightsimilar widths (29.9 units)
- Heebo Regularloosely similar widths (30 units)
- Questrial Regularloosely similar widths (30.6 units)
- Heebo SemiBoldloosely similar widths (30.9 units)
- Roboto Lightloosely similar widths (31 units)
- Roboto Regularloosely similar widths (31.2 units)
- Roboto Mediumloosely similar widths (31.6 units)
Editing a PDF that uses Hanken Grotesk 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 Hanken Grotesk Light from the widths stored in your PDF, loads the complete open font, and sets your new text in Hanken Grotesk Light itself. The rest of the page is carried over untouched.
Other Hanken Grotesk styles
- Hanken Grotesk Thin Italic
- Hanken Grotesk Thin
- Hanken Grotesk ExtraLight Italic
- Hanken Grotesk ExtraLight
- Hanken Grotesk Light Italic
- Hanken Grotesk Italic
- Hanken Grotesk Regular
- Hanken Grotesk Medium Italic
- Hanken Grotesk Medium
- Hanken Grotesk SemiBold Italic
- Hanken Grotesk SemiBold
- Hanken Grotesk Bold Italic
- Hanken Grotesk Bold
- Hanken Grotesk ExtraBold Italic
- Hanken Grotesk ExtraBold
- Hanken Grotesk Black Italic
- Hanken Grotesk Black
Questions people ask
+What font is closest to Hanken Grotesk Light?
Among open fonts in the catalogue, Heebo Medium has the closest letter widths to Hanken Grotesk Light: similar widths, a mean difference of 29.8 units per 1000 em.
+Does Hanken Grotesk Light have tabular numbers?
Yes. All ten digits are 560 units wide, so numbers in tables and invoices line up.
+Can I type new text in Hanken Grotesk Light inside a PDF?
Yes. MythosPDF recognises the font from your PDF, loads the complete Hanken Grotesk font, and sets new letters in Hanken Grotesk Light.
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