Palanquin Bold
Palanquin Bold is the weight 700 face of Palanquin, a sans serif family. Its lowercase letters are about as wide as the typical sans serif font.
Measured metrics
| Average lowercase letter width | 512.1 units per 1000 em |
|---|---|
| Average capital letter width | 631.4 units per 1000 em |
| Word space | 236 units per 1000 em |
| Digits | proportional (digit widths differ) |
| Spacing | proportional |
| Width of i compared with m | 29% |
| Printable ASCII characters covered | 94 of 94 |
| Category | Sans serif |
Fonts closest to Palanquin Bold
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.
- Palanquin Dark Regularidentical letter widths (0 units)
- Palanquin Dark Mediumvery close widths (13.6 units)
- Catamaran Boldsimilar widths (19.9 units)
- Catamaran SemiBoldsimilar widths (23.4 units)
- Catamaran ExtraBoldsimilar widths (26.1 units)
- Palanquin Dark SemiBoldsimilar widths (26.9 units)
- Catamaran Mediumloosely similar widths (30.8 units)
- Quattrocento Regularloosely similar widths (34 units)
Editing a PDF that uses Palanquin Bold
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 Palanquin Bold from the widths stored in your PDF, loads the complete open font, and sets your new text in Palanquin Bold itself. The rest of the page is carried over untouched.
Other Palanquin styles
Questions people ask
+What font is closest to Palanquin Bold?
Among open fonts in the catalogue, Palanquin Dark Regular has the closest letter widths to Palanquin Bold: identical letter widths, a mean difference of 0 units per 1000 em.
+Does Palanquin Bold 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 Palanquin Bold inside a PDF?
Yes. MythosPDF recognises the font from your PDF, loads the complete Palanquin font, and sets new letters in Palanquin Bold.
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