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Lekton Italic

Lekton Italic is the italic weight 400 face of Lekton, a monospace family. Its lowercase letters are 17% narrower than the typical monospace font.

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Measured metrics

Average lowercase letter width498.3 units per 1000 em
Average capital letter width500 units per 1000 em
Word space500 units per 1000 em
Digitstabular (every digit is 500 units wide, so columns of numbers line up)
Spacingproportional
Width of i compared with m100%
Printable ASCII characters covered93 of 94
CategoryMonospace

Fonts closest to Lekton 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.

  1. Iosevka Curly Slab ExtraLight Italicnearly identical widths (0.5 units)
  2. Iosevka Curly Black Italicnearly identical widths (0.5 units)
  3. Iosevka Curly Slab Thin Italicnearly identical widths (0.5 units)
  4. Iosevka Charon Mono Bold Italicnearly identical widths (0.5 units)
  5. Iosevka Charon Mono Medium Italicnearly identical widths (0.5 units)
  6. Iosevka Charon Mono Italicnearly identical widths (0.5 units)
  7. Iosevka Charon Mono Light Italicnearly identical widths (0.5 units)
  8. Iosevka Curly Slab Light Italicnearly identical widths (0.5 units)

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

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Questions people ask

+What font is closest to Lekton Italic?

Among open fonts in the catalogue, Iosevka Curly Slab ExtraLight Italic has the closest letter widths to Lekton Italic: nearly identical widths, a mean difference of 0.5 units per 1000 em.

+Does Lekton Italic have tabular numbers?

Yes. All ten digits are 500 units wide, so numbers in tables and invoices line up.

+Can I type new text in Lekton Italic inside a PDF?

Yes. MythosPDF recognises the font from your PDF, loads the complete Lekton font, and sets new letters in Lekton Italic.

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