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Open Sans Italic

Open Sans Italic is the italic weight 400 face of Open Sans, a sans serif family. Its lowercase letters are 5% narrower than the typical sans serif font.

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Open Sans Italic
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Measured metrics

Average lowercase letter width491.7 units per 1000 em
Average capital letter width581.3 units per 1000 em
Word space259.8 units per 1000 em
Digitstabular (every digit is 550.8 units wide, so columns of numbers line up)
Spacingproportional
Width of i compared with m29%
Printable ASCII characters covered94 of 94
CategorySans serif

Fonts closest to Open Sans 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. Noto Sans Italicnearly identical widths (3.6 units)
  2. Noto Sans Light Italicvery close widths (9.3 units)
  3. Noto Sans Medium Italicvery close widths (11.5 units)
  4. Noto Sans ExtraLight Italicsimilar widths (15.8 units)
  5. Noto Sans Display Medium Italicsimilar widths (17.5 units)
  6. Noto Sans Display SemiBold Italicsimilar widths (19.3 units)
  7. Noto Sans Thin Italicsimilar widths (20 units)
  8. Noto Sans SemiBold Italicsimilar widths (20.8 units)

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

Other Open Sans styles

Questions people ask

+What font is closest to Open Sans Italic?

Among open fonts in the catalogue, Noto Sans Italic has the closest letter widths to Open Sans Italic: nearly identical widths, a mean difference of 3.6 units per 1000 em.

+Does Open Sans Italic have tabular numbers?

Yes. All ten digits are 550.8 units wide, so numbers in tables and invoices line up.

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

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

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