Karla Regular
Karla Regular is the weight 400 face of Karla, a sans serif family. Its lowercase letters are about as wide as the typical sans serif font.
Measured metrics
| Average lowercase letter width | 520.5 units per 1000 em |
|---|---|
| Average capital letter width | 600.6 units per 1000 em |
| Word space | 237.5 units per 1000 em |
| Digits | proportional (digit widths differ) |
| Spacing | proportional |
| Width of i compared with m | 32% |
| Printable ASCII characters covered | 94 of 94 |
| Category | Sans serif |
Fonts closest to Karla Regular
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.
- Karmilla Regularnearly identical widths (4.2 units)
- Karmilla Boldloosely similar widths (31.9 units)
- Anek Kannada ExtraBoldloosely similar widths (36.2 units)
- Anek Telugu ExtraBoldloosely similar widths (36.2 units)
- Anek Malayalam ExtraBoldloosely similar widths (36.3 units)
- Anek Tamil ExtraBoldloosely similar widths (36.5 units)
- Anek Gurmukhi ExtraBoldloosely similar widths (36.5 units)
- Anek Devanagari ExtraBoldloosely similar widths (36.5 units)
Editing a PDF that uses Karla Regular
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 Karla Regular from the widths stored in your PDF, loads the complete open font, and sets your new text in Karla Regular itself. The rest of the page is carried over untouched.
Other Karla styles
Questions people ask
+What font is closest to Karla Regular?
Among open fonts in the catalogue, Karmilla Regular has the closest letter widths to Karla Regular: nearly identical widths, a mean difference of 4.2 units per 1000 em.
+Does Karla Regular 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 Karla Regular inside a PDF?
Yes. MythosPDF recognises the font from your PDF, loads the complete Karla font, and sets new letters in Karla Regular.
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