Harmattan Medium
Harmattan Medium is the weight 500 face of Harmattan, a sans serif family. Its lowercase letters are 24% narrower than the typical sans serif font.
Measured metrics
| Average lowercase letter width | 392.5 units per 1000 em |
|---|---|
| Average capital letter width | 499 units per 1000 em |
| Word space | 221.2 units per 1000 em |
| Digits | proportional (digit widths differ) |
| Spacing | proportional |
| Width of i compared with m | 35% |
| Printable ASCII characters covered | 94 of 94 |
| Category | Sans serif |
Fonts closest to Harmattan Medium
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.
- Cossette Titre Boldsimilar widths (28 units)
- PT Sans Narrow Boldloosely similar widths (30.8 units)
- Saira Condensed Boldloosely similar widths (31.4 units)
- Lateef Boldloosely similar widths (32.4 units)
- Lateef ExtraBoldloosely similar widths (32.4 units)
- Saira Condensed ExtraBoldloosely similar widths (32.5 units)
- PT Sans Narrow Regularloosely similar widths (33.7 units)
- Lateef SemiBoldloosely similar widths (33.8 units)
Editing a PDF that uses Harmattan Medium
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 Harmattan Medium from the widths stored in your PDF, loads the complete open font, and sets your new text in Harmattan Medium itself. The rest of the page is carried over untouched.
Other Harmattan styles
Questions people ask
+What font is closest to Harmattan Medium?
Among open fonts in the catalogue, Cossette Titre Bold has the closest letter widths to Harmattan Medium: similar widths, a mean difference of 28 units per 1000 em.
+Does Harmattan Medium 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 Harmattan Medium inside a PDF?
Yes. MythosPDF recognises the font from your PDF, loads the complete Harmattan font, and sets new letters in Harmattan Medium.
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