Jost Medium
Jost Medium is the weight 500 face of Jost, a sans serif family. Its lowercase letters are 6% narrower than the typical sans serif font.
Measured metrics
| Average lowercase letter width | 489 units per 1000 em |
|---|---|
| Average capital letter width | 639.1 units per 1000 em |
| Word space | 300 units per 1000 em |
| Digits | proportional (digit widths differ) |
| Spacing | proportional |
| Width of i compared with m | 34% |
| Printable ASCII characters covered | 94 of 94 |
| Category | Sans serif |
Fonts closest to Jost 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.
- Klee One Regularloosely similar widths (41.2 units)
- Oxygen Regularloosely similar widths (41.5 units)
- Fusion Kai J Regularloosely similar widths (41.7 units)
- Klee One SemiBoldloosely similar widths (41.7 units)
- Cossette Texte Regularloosely similar widths (42.2 units)
- Bpmf Iansui Regularloosely similar widths (42.3 units)
- LXGW WenKai Lightloosely similar widths (42.3 units)
- LXGW WenKai TC Lightloosely similar widths (42.3 units)
Editing a PDF that uses Jost 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 Jost Medium from the widths stored in your PDF, loads the complete open font, and sets your new text in Jost Medium itself. The rest of the page is carried over untouched.
Other Jost styles
Questions people ask
+What font is closest to Jost Medium?
Among open fonts in the catalogue, Klee One Regular has the closest letter widths to Jost Medium: loosely similar widths, a mean difference of 41.2 units per 1000 em.
+Does Jost 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 Jost Medium inside a PDF?
Yes. MythosPDF recognises the font from your PDF, loads the complete Jost font, and sets new letters in Jost Medium.
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