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Metropolis Italic

Metropolis Italic is the italic weight 400 face of Metropolis, a sans serif family. Its lowercase letters are about as wide as the typical sans serif font.

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Metropolis Italic
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Measured metrics

Average lowercase letter width514 units per 1000 em
Average capital letter width692.8 units per 1000 em
Word space275 units per 1000 em
Digitsproportional (digit widths differ)
Spacingproportional
Width of i compared with m22%
Printable ASCII characters covered94 of 94
CategorySans serif

Fonts closest to Metropolis 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. Red Hat Display Bold Italicloosely similar widths (35.3 units)
  2. Instrument Sans Italicloosely similar widths (35.4 units)
  3. Mona Sans Medium Italicloosely similar widths (35.6 units)
  4. Miranda Sans Medium Italicloosely similar widths (35.9 units)
  5. Miranda Sans Italicloosely similar widths (36.5 units)
  6. Mona Sans SemiBold Italicloosely similar widths (36.7 units)
  7. Geist SemiBold Italicloosely similar widths (36.8 units)
  8. Mona Sans Italicloosely similar widths (37 units)

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

Other Metropolis styles

Questions people ask

+What font is closest to Metropolis Italic?

Among open fonts in the catalogue, Red Hat Display Bold Italic has the closest letter widths to Metropolis Italic: loosely similar widths, a mean difference of 35.3 units per 1000 em.

+Does Metropolis Italic 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 Metropolis Italic inside a PDF?

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

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