Pliant Medium
Pliant Medium is the weight 500 face of Pliant, a sans serif family. Its lowercase letters are 7% wider than the typical sans serif font.
Measured metrics
| Average lowercase letter width | 555.9 units per 1000 em |
|---|---|
| Average capital letter width | 676.8 units per 1000 em |
| Word space | 150 units per 1000 em |
| Digits | proportional (digit widths differ) |
| Spacing | proportional |
| Width of i compared with m | 27% |
| Printable ASCII characters covered | 94 of 94 |
| Category | Sans serif |
Fonts closest to Pliant 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.
- Public Sans Lightloosely similar widths (38.6 units)
- Public Sans Regularloosely similar widths (38.7 units)
- Libre Franklin Regularloosely similar widths (39.8 units)
- Bricolage Grotesque SemiBoldloosely similar widths (39.8 units)
- Libre Franklin Lightloosely similar widths (40 units)
- Public Sans Mediumloosely similar widths (40.2 units)
- Libre Franklin ExtraLightloosely similar widths (40.4 units)
- Libre Franklin Mediumloosely similar widths (40.4 units)
Editing a PDF that uses Pliant 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 Pliant Medium from the widths stored in your PDF, loads the complete open font, and sets your new text in Pliant Medium itself. The rest of the page is carried over untouched.
Other Pliant styles
Questions people ask
+What font is closest to Pliant Medium?
Among open fonts in the catalogue, Public Sans Light has the closest letter widths to Pliant Medium: loosely similar widths, a mean difference of 38.6 units per 1000 em.
+Does Pliant Medium 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 Medium inside a PDF?
Yes. MythosPDF recognises the font from your PDF, loads the complete Pliant font, and sets new letters in Pliant Medium.
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