Pliant Regular
Pliant Regular is the weight 400 face of Pliant, a sans serif family. Its lowercase letters are 3% wider than the typical sans serif font.
Measured metrics
| Average lowercase letter width | 536.3 units per 1000 em |
|---|---|
| Average capital letter width | 653.6 units per 1000 em |
| Word space | 150 units per 1000 em |
| Digits | proportional (digit widths differ) |
| Spacing | proportional |
| Width of i compared with m | 25% |
| Printable ASCII characters covered | 94 of 94 |
| Category | Sans serif |
Fonts closest to Pliant Regular
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.
- Special Gothic Boldloosely similar widths (38.9 units)
- Special Gothic SemiBoldloosely similar widths (39.3 units)
- Public Sans ExtraLightloosely similar widths (39.8 units)
- Reddit Sans Lightloosely similar widths (40.1 units)
- Public Sans Lightloosely similar widths (40.3 units)
- Special Gothic Mediumloosely similar widths (40.3 units)
- Prompt Lightloosely similar widths (40.4 units)
- Reddit Sans Regularloosely similar widths (40.6 units)
Editing a PDF that uses Pliant Regular
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 Pliant Regular from the widths stored in your PDF, loads the complete open font, and sets your new text in Pliant Regular itself. The rest of the page is carried over untouched.
Other Pliant styles
Questions people ask
+What font is closest to Pliant Regular?
Among open fonts in the catalogue, Special Gothic Bold has the closest letter widths to Pliant Regular: loosely similar widths, a mean difference of 38.9 units per 1000 em.
+Does Pliant Regular 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 Pliant Regular inside a PDF?
Yes. MythosPDF recognises the font from your PDF, loads the complete Pliant font, and sets new letters in Pliant Regular.
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