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Instrument Sans Medium

Instrument Sans Medium is the weight 500 face of Instrument Sans, a sans serif family. Its lowercase letters are 3% wider than the typical sans serif font.

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Instrument Sans Medium
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Measured metrics

Average lowercase letter width534 units per 1000 em
Average capital letter width690 units per 1000 em
Word space197 units per 1000 em
Digitsproportional (digit widths differ)
Spacingproportional
Width of i compared with m27%
Printable ASCII characters covered94 of 94
CategorySans serif

Fonts closest to Instrument Sans 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.

  1. Red Hat Display Boldloosely similar widths (31.1 units)
  2. Commissioner SemiBoldloosely similar widths (31.4 units)
  3. Commissioner Boldloosely similar widths (31.9 units)
  4. Red Hat Display ExtraBoldloosely similar widths (31.9 units)
  5. Mona Sans Mediumloosely similar widths (32.2 units)
  6. Red Hat Text SemiBoldloosely similar widths (32.2 units)
  7. Commissioner Mediumloosely similar widths (32.2 units)
  8. Mona Sans SemiBoldloosely similar widths (32.4 units)

Editing a PDF that uses Instrument Sans 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 Instrument Sans Medium from the widths stored in your PDF, loads the complete open font, and sets your new text in Instrument Sans Medium itself. The rest of the page is carried over untouched.

Other Instrument Sans styles

Questions people ask

+What font is closest to Instrument Sans Medium?

Among open fonts in the catalogue, Red Hat Display Bold has the closest letter widths to Instrument Sans Medium: loosely similar widths, a mean difference of 31.1 units per 1000 em.

+Does Instrument Sans 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 Instrument Sans Medium inside a PDF?

Yes. MythosPDF recognises the font from your PDF, loads the complete Instrument Sans font, and sets new letters in Instrument Sans Medium.

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