Pretendard Regular
Pretendard Regular is the weight 400 face of Pretendard, a sans serif family. Its lowercase letters are about as wide as the typical sans serif font.
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 |
Fonts closest to Pretendard 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.
- Inter Tight Mediumvery close widths (13.6 units)
- Inter Tight Lightsimilar widths (16.8 units)
- Inter Tight ExtraLightsimilar widths (16.9 units)
- Inter Tight SemiBoldsimilar widths (18.1 units)
- Inter Tight Thinsimilar widths (20.7 units)
- Inter Tight Regularsimilar widths (22.3 units)
- Asta Sans Regularsimilar widths (22.8 units)
- 42dot Sans Regularsimilar widths (22.8 units)
Editing a PDF that uses Pretendard 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 Pretendard Regular from the widths stored in your PDF, loads the complete open font, and sets your new text in Pretendard Regular itself. The rest of the page is carried over untouched.
Other Pretendard styles
Questions people ask
+What font is closest to Pretendard Regular?
Among open fonts in the catalogue, Inter Tight Medium has the closest letter widths to Pretendard Regular: very close widths, a mean difference of 13.6 units per 1000 em.
+Does Pretendard 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 Pretendard Regular inside a PDF?
Yes. MythosPDF recognises the font from your PDF, loads the complete Pretendard font, and sets new letters in Pretendard Regular.
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