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IBM Plex Sans Light

IBM Plex Sans Light is the weight 300 face of IBM Plex Sans, a sans serif family. Its lowercase letters are 4% narrower than the typical sans serif font.

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IBM Plex Sans Light
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Measured metrics

Average lowercase letter width496 units per 1000 em
Average capital letter width622.8 units per 1000 em
Word space236 units per 1000 em
Digitstabular (every digit is 600 units wide, so columns of numbers line up)
Spacingproportional
Width of i compared with m28%
Printable ASCII characters covered94 of 94
CategorySans serif

Fonts closest to IBM Plex Sans 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.

  1. IBM Plex Sans Arabic Lightidentical letter widths (0.2 units)
  2. IBM Plex Sans Thai Lightidentical letter widths (0.2 units)
  3. IBM Plex Sans KR Lightidentical letter widths (0.2 units)
  4. IBM Plex Sans Thai Looped Lightidentical letter widths (0.2 units)
  5. IBM Plex Sans Devanagari Lightidentical letter widths (0.2 units)
  6. IBM Plex Sans Hebrew Lightidentical letter widths (0.2 units)
  7. Anuphan Lightnearly identical widths (1.2 units)
  8. Anuphan ExtraLightvery close widths (6.3 units)

Editing a PDF that uses IBM Plex Sans 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 Light from the widths stored in your PDF, loads the complete open font, and sets your new text in IBM Plex Sans 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 Light?

Among open fonts in the catalogue, IBM Plex Sans Arabic Light has the closest letter widths to IBM Plex Sans Light: identical letter widths, a mean difference of 0.2 units per 1000 em.

+Does IBM Plex Sans 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 Light inside a PDF?

Yes. MythosPDF recognises the font from your PDF, loads the complete IBM Plex Sans font, and sets new letters in IBM Plex Sans Light.

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