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Mate Italic

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

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Measured metrics

Average lowercase letter width427.2 units per 1000 em
Average capital letter width612 units per 1000 em
Word space260 units per 1000 em
Digitstabular (every digit is 484 units wide, so columns of numbers line up)
Spacingproportional
Width of i compared with m32%
Printable ASCII characters covered94 of 94
CategorySerif

Fonts closest to Mate 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. Spectral ExtraLight Italicloosely similar widths (30.3 units)
  2. Spectral SC ExtraLight Italicloosely similar widths (30.3 units)
  3. Spectral Light Italicloosely similar widths (31.2 units)
  4. Spectral SC Light Italicloosely similar widths (31.2 units)
  5. Alegreya SemiBold Italicloosely similar widths (32.7 units)
  6. Alegreya Medium Italicloosely similar widths (33 units)
  7. Alegreya Bold Italicloosely similar widths (33.4 units)
  8. Alegreya Italicloosely similar widths (35.4 units)

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

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Questions people ask

+What font is closest to Mate Italic?

Among open fonts in the catalogue, Spectral ExtraLight Italic has the closest letter widths to Mate Italic: loosely similar widths, a mean difference of 30.3 units per 1000 em.

+Does Mate Italic have tabular numbers?

Yes. All ten digits are 484 units wide, so numbers in tables and invoices line up.

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

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

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