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Source Sans 3 Medium Italic

Source Sans 3 Medium Italic is the italic weight 500 face of Source Sans 3, a sans serif family. Its lowercase letters are 10% narrower than the typical sans serif font.

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Source Sans 3 Medium Italic
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Measured metrics

Average lowercase letter width468.7 units per 1000 em
Average capital letter width553.6 units per 1000 em
Word space200 units per 1000 em
Digitstabular (every digit is 487 units wide, so columns of numbers line up)
Spacingproportional
Width of i compared with m30%
Printable ASCII characters covered94 of 94
CategorySans serif

Fonts closest to Source Sans 3 Medium 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.

  1. Source Sans Pro Italicvery close widths (7.9 units)
  2. Source Sans Pro SemiBold Italicvery close widths (8.4 units)
  3. Chiron Hei HK ExtraLight Italicsimilar widths (19.6 units)
  4. Chiron Hei HK Light Italicsimilar widths (23.7 units)
  5. Source Sans Pro Bold Italicsimilar widths (24.2 units)
  6. IBM Plex Sans Condensed Italicsimilar widths (26 units)
  7. Source Sans Pro Light Italicsimilar widths (26.7 units)
  8. IBM Plex Sans Condensed Medium Italicsimilar widths (27.3 units)

Editing a PDF that uses Source Sans 3 Medium 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 Source Sans 3 Medium Italic from the widths stored in your PDF, loads the complete open font, and sets your new text in Source Sans 3 Medium Italic itself. The rest of the page is carried over untouched.

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Questions people ask

+What font is closest to Source Sans 3 Medium Italic?

Among open fonts in the catalogue, Source Sans Pro Italic has the closest letter widths to Source Sans 3 Medium Italic: very close widths, a mean difference of 7.9 units per 1000 em.

+Does Source Sans 3 Medium Italic have tabular numbers?

Yes. All ten digits are 487 units wide, so numbers in tables and invoices line up.

+Can I type new text in Source Sans 3 Medium Italic inside a PDF?

Yes. MythosPDF recognises the font from your PDF, loads the complete Source Sans 3 font, and sets new letters in Source Sans 3 Medium Italic.

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