IBM Plex Sans Italic
IBM Plex Sans Italic is the italic weight 400 face of IBM Plex Sans, a sans serif family. Its lowercase letters are 4% narrower than the typical sans serif font.
Measured metrics
| Average lowercase letter width | 495.8 units per 1000 em |
|---|---|
| Average capital letter width | 614 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 | 31% |
| Printable ASCII characters covered | 94 of 94 |
| Category | Sans serif |
Fonts closest to IBM Plex Sans Italic
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.
- Radio Canada Italicsimilar widths (24.6 units)
- Radio Canada Light Italicsimilar widths (24.9 units)
- SUSE Medium Italicsimilar widths (26 units)
- Radio Canada Medium Italicsimilar widths (26 units)
- SUSE SemiBold Italicsimilar widths (26.2 units)
- Cooper Hewitt SemiBold Italicsimilar widths (26.8 units)
- Sarabun SemiBold Italicsimilar widths (26.8 units)
- Sarabun Medium Italicsimilar widths (26.9 units)
Editing a PDF that uses IBM Plex Sans Italic
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 Italic from the widths stored in your PDF, loads the complete open font, and sets your new text in IBM Plex Sans Italic itself. The rest of the page is carried over untouched.
Other IBM Plex Sans styles
- IBM Plex Sans Thin Italic
- IBM Plex Sans Thin
- IBM Plex Sans ExtraLight Italic
- IBM Plex Sans ExtraLight
- IBM Plex Sans Light Italic
- IBM Plex Sans Light
- IBM Plex Sans Regular
- IBM Plex Sans Medium Italic
- IBM Plex Sans Medium
- IBM Plex Sans SemiBold Italic
- IBM Plex Sans SemiBold
- IBM Plex Sans Bold Italic
- IBM Plex Sans Bold
Questions people ask
+What font is closest to IBM Plex Sans Italic?
Among open fonts in the catalogue, Radio Canada Italic has the closest letter widths to IBM Plex Sans Italic: similar widths, a mean difference of 24.6 units per 1000 em.
+Does IBM Plex Sans Italic 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 Italic 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 Italic.
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