Public Sans Medium
Public Sans Medium is the weight 500 face of Public Sans, a sans serif family. Its lowercase letters are 3% wider than the typical sans serif font.
Measured metrics
| Average lowercase letter width | 533.4 units per 1000 em |
|---|---|
| Average capital letter width | 674.1 units per 1000 em |
| Word space | 238 units per 1000 em |
| Digits | proportional (digit widths differ) |
| Spacing | proportional |
| Width of i compared with m | 29% |
| Printable ASCII characters covered | 94 of 94 |
| Category | Sans serif |
Fonts closest to Public Sans 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.
- Libre Franklin Mediumsimilar widths (18.8 units)
- Libre Franklin Regularsimilar widths (19.3 units)
- Libre Franklin Lightsimilar widths (21.4 units)
- Libre Franklin SemiBoldsimilar widths (22.3 units)
- Libre Franklin ExtraLightsimilar widths (24.4 units)
- Libre Franklin Thinsimilar widths (26.4 units)
- Miranda Sans Mediumsimilar widths (27.3 units)
- Miranda Sans Regularsimilar widths (27.8 units)
Editing a PDF that uses Public Sans 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 Public Sans Medium from the widths stored in your PDF, loads the complete open font, and sets your new text in Public Sans Medium 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 Light
- Public Sans Italic
- Public Sans Regular
- Public Sans Medium Italic
- 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 Medium?
Among open fonts in the catalogue, Libre Franklin Medium has the closest letter widths to Public Sans Medium: similar widths, a mean difference of 18.8 units per 1000 em.
+Does Public Sans 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 Public Sans Medium inside a PDF?
Yes. MythosPDF recognises the font from your PDF, loads the complete Public Sans font, and sets new letters in Public Sans Medium.
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