Open Sans Light
Open Sans Light is the weight 300 face of Open Sans, a sans serif family. Its lowercase letters are 4% narrower than the typical sans serif font.
Measured metrics
| Average lowercase letter width | 498 units per 1000 em |
|---|---|
| Average capital letter width | 609 units per 1000 em |
| Word space | 259.8 units per 1000 em |
| Digits | tabular (every digit is 570.8 units wide, so columns of numbers line up) |
| Spacing | proportional |
| Width of i compared with m | 26% |
| Printable ASCII characters covered | 94 of 94 |
| Category | Sans serif |
Fonts closest to Open Sans Light
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.
- Noto Sans Thaana ExtraLightnearly identical widths (2.7 units)
- Noto Kufi Arabic ExtraLightnearly identical widths (3.6 units)
- Noto Sans Khmer Lightvery close widths (5.5 units)
- Noto Sans Cham Lightvery close widths (5.6 units)
- Noto Sans Thai Looped Lightvery close widths (5.6 units)
- Noto Sans Myanmar Lightvery close widths (5.6 units)
- Noto Sans Thai Lightvery close widths (5.6 units)
- Noto Sans Georgian Lightvery close widths (5.6 units)
Editing a PDF that uses Open Sans Light
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 Open Sans Light from the widths stored in your PDF, loads the complete open font, and sets your new text in Open Sans Light itself. The rest of the page is carried over untouched.
Other Open Sans styles
Questions people ask
+What font is closest to Open Sans Light?
Among open fonts in the catalogue, Noto Sans Thaana ExtraLight has the closest letter widths to Open Sans Light: nearly identical widths, a mean difference of 2.7 units per 1000 em.
+Does Open Sans Light have tabular numbers?
Yes. All ten digits are 570.8 units wide, so numbers in tables and invoices line up.
+Can I type new text in Open Sans Light inside a PDF?
Yes. MythosPDF recognises the font from your PDF, loads the complete Open Sans font, and sets new letters in Open Sans Light.
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