Pretendard Medium
Pretendard Medium is the weight 500 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 | 517.6 units per 1000 em |
|---|---|
| Average capital letter width | 651.1 units per 1000 em |
| Word space | 244.1 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 Pretendard 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.
- Inter Tight SemiBoldvery close widths (14.2 units)
- Open Runde Regularsimilar widths (17.4 units)
- Inter Tight Mediumsimilar widths (20.5 units)
- Inter ExtraLightsimilar widths (21.1 units)
- Inter Lightsimilar widths (21.2 units)
- Adwaita Sans ExtraLightsimilar widths (21.2 units)
- Asta Sans Mediumsimilar widths (21.3 units)
- 42dot Sans Mediumsimilar widths (21.3 units)
Editing a PDF that uses Pretendard 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 Pretendard Medium from the widths stored in your PDF, loads the complete open font, and sets your new text in Pretendard Medium itself. The rest of the page is carried over untouched.
Other Pretendard styles
Questions people ask
+What font is closest to Pretendard Medium?
Among open fonts in the catalogue, Inter Tight SemiBold has the closest letter widths to Pretendard Medium: very close widths, a mean difference of 14.2 units per 1000 em.
+Does Pretendard 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 Pretendard Medium inside a PDF?
Yes. MythosPDF recognises the font from your PDF, loads the complete Pretendard font, and sets new letters in Pretendard Medium.
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