Petrona Italic
Petrona Italic is the italic weight 400 face of Petrona, a serif family. Its lowercase letters are 14% narrower than the typical serif font.
Measured metrics
| Average lowercase letter width | 445.7 units per 1000 em |
|---|---|
| Average capital letter width | 593.2 units per 1000 em |
| Word space | 222 units per 1000 em |
| Digits | proportional (digit widths differ) |
| Spacing | proportional |
| Width of i compared with m | 34% |
| Printable ASCII characters covered | 94 of 94 |
| Category | Serif |
Fonts closest to Petrona 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.
- Pitagon Serif Italicidentical letter widths (0 units)
- Pitagon Serif Light Italicvery close widths (5.2 units)
- Pitagon Serif Medium Italicvery close widths (6.4 units)
- Pitagon Serif ExtraLight Italicvery close widths (11.2 units)
- Pitagon Serif SemiBold Italicvery close widths (13.8 units)
- Pitagon Serif Thin Italicsimilar widths (18.1 units)
- Pitagon Serif Bold Italicsimilar widths (22 units)
- Pitagon Serif ExtraBold Italicloosely similar widths (33.3 units)
Editing a PDF that uses Petrona 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 Petrona Italic from the widths stored in your PDF, loads the complete open font, and sets your new text in Petrona Italic itself. The rest of the page is carried over untouched.
Other Petrona styles
- Petrona Thin Italic
- Petrona Thin
- Petrona ExtraLight Italic
- Petrona ExtraLight
- Petrona Light Italic
- Petrona Light
- Petrona Regular
- Petrona Medium Italic
- Petrona Medium
- Petrona SemiBold Italic
- Petrona SemiBold
- Petrona Bold Italic
- Petrona Bold
- Petrona ExtraBold Italic
- Petrona ExtraBold
- Petrona Black Italic
- Petrona Black
Questions people ask
+What font is closest to Petrona Italic?
Among open fonts in the catalogue, Pitagon Serif Italic has the closest letter widths to Petrona Italic: identical letter widths, a mean difference of 0 units per 1000 em.
+Does Petrona 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 Petrona Italic inside a PDF?
Yes. MythosPDF recognises the font from your PDF, loads the complete Petrona font, and sets new letters in Petrona Italic.
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