Pretendard
Pretendard is a sans serif font in 9 weights. Its lowercase letters are about as wide as the typical sans serif font. Last updated 26 August 2024.
Editing a PDF that uses Pretendard
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 Pretendard from the widths stored in your PDF, loads the complete open font, and sets your new text in Pretendard itself. The rest of the page is carried over untouched.
Measured metrics
| Average lowercase letter width | 506.3 units per 1000 em |
|---|---|
| Average capital letter width | 640.8 units per 1000 em |
| Word space | 251 units per 1000 em |
| Digits | proportional (digit widths differ) |
| Spacing | proportional |
| Width of i compared with m | 26% |
| Printable ASCII characters covered | 94 of 94 |
| Category | Sans serif |
Weights and styles
Open fonts closest to Pretendard
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.
- Inter Tight Regularvery close widths (13.6 units)
- Asta Sans Regularsimilar widths (22.8 units)
- 42dot Sans Regularsimilar widths (22.8 units)
- Inter Regularsimilar widths (23.9 units)
- Adwaita Sans Regularsimilar widths (24 units)
- Radio Canada Big Regularsimilar widths (25.5 units)
- Open Runde Regularsimilar widths (27.5 units)
- Oxanium Regularsimilar widths (27.9 units)
Compare Pretendard
Questions people ask
+Can I edit a PDF that uses Pretendard?
Yes. Drop the PDF into MythosPDF and click the text. New letters are set in Pretendard itself, loaded from the open font, so the edit matches the rest of the page.
+Is Pretendard free to use?
Pretendard is released under the SIL Open Font License 1.1, an open licence that allows free use in documents, including commercial ones. Check the licence text for your exact use.
+Which font is closest to Pretendard?
By measured letter widths, Inter Tight is the closest match among open fonts (a mean difference of 13.6 units per 1000 em). Text set in one takes almost the same space in the other.
+Which languages does Pretendard support?
It includes these character sets: Latin.
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