Open Sans Medium
Open Sans Medium is the weight 500 face of Open Sans, a sans serif family. Its lowercase letters are 3% wider than the typical sans serif font.
Measured metrics
| Average lowercase letter width | 533.7 units per 1000 em |
|---|---|
| Average capital letter width | 637 units per 1000 em |
| Word space | 259.8 units per 1000 em |
| Digits | tabular (every digit is 571.8 units wide, so columns of numbers line up) |
| Spacing | proportional |
| Width of i compared with m | 28% |
| Printable ASCII characters covered | 94 of 94 |
| Category | Sans serif |
Fonts closest to Open Sans Medium
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 Sundanese Mediumnearly identical widths (2.5 units)
- Noto Sans Kayah Li Mediumnearly identical widths (2.5 units)
- Noto Sans New Tai Lue Mediumnearly identical widths (2.7 units)
- Noto Sans Medefaidrin Mediumnearly identical widths (4.8 units)
- Noto Sans Sharada Regularnearly identical widths (4.9 units)
- Noto Sans Mediumvery close widths (5 units)
- Noto Sans Gujarati Mediumvery close widths (5.1 units)
- Noto Sans Thai Mediumvery close widths (5.1 units)
Editing a PDF that uses Open Sans Medium
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 Medium from the widths stored in your PDF, loads the complete open font, and sets your new text in Open Sans Medium itself. The rest of the page is carried over untouched.
Other Open Sans styles
Questions people ask
+What font is closest to Open Sans Medium?
Among open fonts in the catalogue, Noto Sans Sundanese Medium has the closest letter widths to Open Sans Medium: nearly identical widths, a mean difference of 2.5 units per 1000 em.
+Does Open Sans Medium have tabular numbers?
Yes. All ten digits are 571.8 units wide, so numbers in tables and invoices line up.
+Can I type new text in Open Sans Medium inside a PDF?
Yes. MythosPDF recognises the font from your PDF, loads the complete Open Sans font, and sets new letters in Open Sans Medium.
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