Red Hat Text Light
Red Hat Text Light is the weight 300 face of Red Hat Text, a sans serif family. Its lowercase letters are 8% narrower than the typical sans serif font.
Measured metrics
| Average lowercase letter width | 479.7 units per 1000 em |
|---|---|
| Average capital letter width | 661 units per 1000 em |
| Word space | 238 units per 1000 em |
| Digits | proportional (digit widths differ) |
| Spacing | proportional |
| Width of i compared with m | 25% |
| Printable ASCII characters covered | 94 of 94 |
| Category | Sans serif |
Fonts closest to Red Hat Text 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.
- Red Hat Display Lightvery close widths (9.2 units)
- Red Hat Display Regularvery close widths (11.8 units)
- Red Hat Display Mediumsimilar widths (16.6 units)
- Red Hat Display SemiBoldsimilar widths (23.8 units)
- Strichpunkt Sans Regularloosely similar widths (32 units)
- Red Hat Display Boldloosely similar widths (32.3 units)
- Strichpunkt Sans Mediumloosely similar widths (34.5 units)
- TASA Orbiter Regularloosely similar widths (35.1 units)
Editing a PDF that uses Red Hat Text 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 Red Hat Text Light from the widths stored in your PDF, loads the complete open font, and sets your new text in Red Hat Text Light itself. The rest of the page is carried over untouched.
Other Red Hat Text styles
Questions people ask
+What font is closest to Red Hat Text Light?
Among open fonts in the catalogue, Red Hat Display Light has the closest letter widths to Red Hat Text Light: very close widths, a mean difference of 9.2 units per 1000 em.
+Does Red Hat Text 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 Red Hat Text Light inside a PDF?
Yes. MythosPDF recognises the font from your PDF, loads the complete Red Hat Text font, and sets new letters in Red Hat Text Light.
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