Pretendard Light
Pretendard Light is the weight 300 face of Pretendard, a sans serif family. Its lowercase letters are 4% narrower than the typical sans serif font.
Measured metrics
| Average lowercase letter width | 496.6 units per 1000 em |
|---|---|
| Average capital letter width | 632.4 units per 1000 em |
| Word space | 241.2 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 |
Fonts closest to Pretendard Light
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 Lightvery close widths (10.3 units)
- Inter Tight Mediumvery close widths (14.1 units)
- Inter Tight Regularvery close widths (14.2 units)
- Inter Tight ExtraLightvery close widths (14.4 units)
- Inter Tight Thinsimilar widths (20.8 units)
- Inter Tight SemiBoldsimilar widths (25.2 units)
- Radio Canada Big Regularsimilar widths (25.6 units)
- Inter Thinsimilar widths (25.9 units)
Editing a PDF that uses Pretendard Light
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 Light from the widths stored in your PDF, loads the complete open font, and sets your new text in Pretendard Light itself. The rest of the page is carried over untouched.
Other Pretendard styles
Questions people ask
+What font is closest to Pretendard Light?
Among open fonts in the catalogue, Inter Tight Light has the closest letter widths to Pretendard Light: very close widths, a mean difference of 10.3 units per 1000 em.
+Does Pretendard Light 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 Pretendard Light inside a PDF?
Yes. MythosPDF recognises the font from your PDF, loads the complete Pretendard font, and sets new letters in Pretendard Light.
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