IBM Plex Sans Bold
IBM Plex Sans Bold is the weight 700 face of IBM Plex Sans, a sans serif family. Its lowercase letters are 4% wider than the typical sans serif font.
Measured metrics
| Average lowercase letter width | 537.4 units per 1000 em |
|---|---|
| Average capital letter width | 665.7 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 | 32% |
| Printable ASCII characters covered | 94 of 94 |
| Category | Sans serif |
Fonts closest to IBM Plex Sans Bold
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 Thai Boldidentical letter widths (0 units)
- IBM Plex Sans Arabic Boldidentical letter widths (0 units)
- IBM Plex Sans Thai Looped Boldidentical letter widths (0 units)
- IBM Plex Sans KR Boldidentical letter widths (0 units)
- IBM Plex Sans Devanagari Boldidentical letter widths (0 units)
- Anuphan Boldidentical letter widths (0 units)
- IBM Plex Sans Hebrew Boldidentical letter widths (0 units)
- IBM Plex Sans Thai SemiBoldvery close widths (8.3 units)
Editing a PDF that uses IBM Plex Sans Bold
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 Bold from the widths stored in your PDF, loads the complete open font, and sets your new text in IBM Plex Sans Bold 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 Italic
- 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
Questions people ask
+What font is closest to IBM Plex Sans Bold?
Among open fonts in the catalogue, IBM Plex Sans Thai Bold has the closest letter widths to IBM Plex Sans Bold: identical letter widths, a mean difference of 0 units per 1000 em.
+Does IBM Plex Sans Bold 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 Bold 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 Bold.
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