Saira Light Italic
Saira Light Italic is the italic weight 300 face of Saira, a sans serif family. Its lowercase letters are about as wide as the typical sans serif font.
Measured metrics
| Average lowercase letter width | 529.6 units per 1000 em |
|---|---|
| Average capital letter width | 657.4 units per 1000 em |
| Word space | 233 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 Saira Light Italic
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.
- Saira Stencil Light Italicidentical letter widths (0.1 units)
- Saira Stencil ExtraLight Italicvery close widths (5.9 units)
- Saira Stencil Italicvery close widths (8.3 units)
- Saira Stencil Thin Italicvery close widths (10.3 units)
- Saira Stencil Medium Italicsimilar widths (18.4 units)
- Saira Stencil SemiBold Italicsimilar widths (24.5 units)
- Saira Stencil Bold Italicsimilar widths (29.3 units)
- Libre Franklin ExtraLight Italicloosely similar widths (30.1 units)
Editing a PDF that uses Saira Light Italic
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 Saira Light Italic from the widths stored in your PDF, loads the complete open font, and sets your new text in Saira Light Italic itself. The rest of the page is carried over untouched.
Other Saira styles
Questions people ask
+What font is closest to Saira Light Italic?
Among open fonts in the catalogue, Saira Stencil Light Italic has the closest letter widths to Saira Light Italic: identical letter widths, a mean difference of 0.1 units per 1000 em.
+Does Saira Light Italic 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 Saira Light Italic inside a PDF?
Yes. MythosPDF recognises the font from your PDF, loads the complete Saira font, and sets new letters in Saira Light Italic.
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