Red Hat Text Regular
Red Hat Text Regular is the weight 400 face of Red Hat Text, a sans serif family. Its lowercase letters are 4% narrower than the typical sans serif font.
Measured metrics
| Average lowercase letter width | 497.6 units per 1000 em |
|---|---|
| Average capital letter width | 674.9 units per 1000 em |
| Word space | 233 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 Red Hat Text 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.
- Red Hat Display Mediumvery close widths (9 units)
- Red Hat Display Regularvery close widths (9.3 units)
- Red Hat Display SemiBoldvery close widths (12.5 units)
- Red Hat Display Lightsimilar widths (18.8 units)
- Red Hat Display Boldsimilar widths (19.9 units)
- Strichpunkt Sans Regularsimilar widths (29.3 units)
- Strichpunkt Sans Mediumsimilar widths (29.8 units)
- Red Hat Display ExtraBoldloosely similar widths (30.2 units)
Editing a PDF that uses Red Hat Text 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 Red Hat Text Regular from the widths stored in your PDF, loads the complete open font, and sets your new text in Red Hat Text Regular 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 Regular?
Among open fonts in the catalogue, Red Hat Display Medium has the closest letter widths to Red Hat Text Regular: very close widths, a mean difference of 9 units per 1000 em.
+Does Red Hat Text 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 Red Hat Text Regular 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 Regular.
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