Public Sans Light
Public Sans Light is the weight 300 face of Public Sans, a sans serif family. Its lowercase letters are about as wide as the typical sans serif font.
Measured metrics
| Average lowercase letter width | 524.7 units per 1000 em |
|---|---|
| Average capital letter width | 661.5 units per 1000 em |
| Word space | 247.5 units per 1000 em |
| Digits | proportional (digit widths differ) |
| Spacing | proportional |
| Width of i compared with m | 28% |
| Printable ASCII characters covered | 94 of 94 |
| Category | Sans serif |
Fonts closest to Public Sans 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.
- Libre Franklin Lightsimilar widths (19.8 units)
- Libre Franklin ExtraLightsimilar widths (20.5 units)
- Libre Franklin Regularsimilar widths (21 units)
- Libre Franklin Thinsimilar widths (21.5 units)
- Libre Franklin Mediumsimilar widths (25.9 units)
- Saira Regularsimilar widths (28.6 units)
- Saira Stencil Regularsimilar widths (28.6 units)
- Saira Mediumsimilar widths (29.1 units)
Editing a PDF that uses Public Sans 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 Public Sans Light from the widths stored in your PDF, loads the complete open font, and sets your new text in Public Sans Light itself. The rest of the page is carried over untouched.
Other Public Sans styles
- Public Sans Thin Italic
- Public Sans Thin
- Public Sans ExtraLight Italic
- Public Sans ExtraLight
- Public Sans Light Italic
- Public Sans Italic
- Public Sans Regular
- Public Sans Medium Italic
- Public Sans Medium
- Public Sans SemiBold Italic
- Public Sans SemiBold
- Public Sans Bold Italic
- Public Sans Bold
- Public Sans ExtraBold Italic
- Public Sans ExtraBold
- Public Sans Black Italic
- Public Sans Black
Questions people ask
+What font is closest to Public Sans Light?
Among open fonts in the catalogue, Libre Franklin Light has the closest letter widths to Public Sans Light: similar widths, a mean difference of 19.8 units per 1000 em.
+Does Public Sans 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 Public Sans Light inside a PDF?
Yes. MythosPDF recognises the font from your PDF, loads the complete Public Sans font, and sets new letters in Public Sans Light.
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