IBM Plex Sans JP Medium
IBM Plex Sans JP Medium is the weight 500 face of IBM Plex Sans JP, a sans serif family. Its lowercase letters are 5% wider than the typical sans serif font.
Measured metrics
| Average lowercase letter width | 542.4 units per 1000 em |
|---|---|
| Average capital letter width | 677 units per 1000 em |
| Word space | 248 units per 1000 em |
| Digits | proportional (digit widths differ) |
| Spacing | proportional |
| Width of i compared with m | 30% |
| Printable ASCII characters covered | 94 of 94 |
| Category | Sans serif |
Fonts closest to IBM Plex Sans JP 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.
- IBM Plex Sans Boldsimilar widths (17.6 units)
- IBM Plex Sans Arabic Boldsimilar widths (17.6 units)
- IBM Plex Sans Thai Boldsimilar widths (17.6 units)
- IBM Plex Sans KR Boldsimilar widths (17.6 units)
- IBM Plex Sans Devanagari Boldsimilar widths (17.6 units)
- IBM Plex Sans Thai Looped Boldsimilar widths (17.6 units)
- IBM Plex Sans Hebrew Boldsimilar widths (17.6 units)
- Anuphan Boldsimilar widths (17.6 units)
Editing a PDF that uses IBM Plex Sans JP 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 IBM Plex Sans JP Medium from the widths stored in your PDF, loads the complete open font, and sets your new text in IBM Plex Sans JP Medium itself. The rest of the page is carried over untouched.
Other IBM Plex Sans JP styles
Questions people ask
+What font is closest to IBM Plex Sans JP Medium?
Among open fonts in the catalogue, IBM Plex Sans Bold has the closest letter widths to IBM Plex Sans JP Medium: similar widths, a mean difference of 17.6 units per 1000 em.
+Does IBM Plex Sans JP 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 IBM Plex Sans JP Medium inside a PDF?
Yes. MythosPDF recognises the font from your PDF, loads the complete IBM Plex Sans JP font, and sets new letters in IBM Plex Sans JP Medium.
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