IBM Plex Sans Arabic Light
IBM Plex Sans Arabic Light is the weight 300 face of IBM Plex Sans Arabic, a sans serif family. Its lowercase letters are 4% narrower than the typical sans serif font.
Measured metrics
| Average lowercase letter width | 495.9 units per 1000 em |
|---|---|
| Average capital letter width | 622.8 units per 1000 em |
| Word space | 236 units per 1000 em |
| Digits | tabular (every digit is 600 units wide, so columns of numbers line up) |
| Spacing | proportional |
| Width of i compared with m | 28% |
| Printable ASCII characters covered | 94 of 94 |
| Category | Sans serif |
Fonts closest to IBM Plex Sans Arabic 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.
- IBM Plex Sans KR Lightidentical letter widths (0 units)
- IBM Plex Sans Thai Looped Lightidentical letter widths (0 units)
- IBM Plex Sans Hebrew Lightidentical letter widths (0 units)
- IBM Plex Sans Devanagari Lightidentical letter widths (0 units)
- IBM Plex Sans Thai Lightidentical letter widths (0 units)
- IBM Plex Sans Lightidentical letter widths (0.2 units)
- Anuphan Lightnearly identical widths (1.3 units)
- Anuphan ExtraLightvery close widths (6.2 units)
Editing a PDF that uses IBM Plex Sans Arabic 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 IBM Plex Sans Arabic Light from the widths stored in your PDF, loads the complete open font, and sets your new text in IBM Plex Sans Arabic Light itself. The rest of the page is carried over untouched.
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Questions people ask
+What font is closest to IBM Plex Sans Arabic Light?
Among open fonts in the catalogue, IBM Plex Sans KR Light has the closest letter widths to IBM Plex Sans Arabic Light: identical letter widths, a mean difference of 0 units per 1000 em.
+Does IBM Plex Sans Arabic Light have tabular numbers?
Yes. All ten digits are 600 units wide, so numbers in tables and invoices line up.
+Can I type new text in IBM Plex Sans Arabic Light inside a PDF?
Yes. MythosPDF recognises the font from your PDF, loads the complete IBM Plex Sans Arabic font, and sets new letters in IBM Plex Sans Arabic Light.
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