Spectral SC Bold
Spectral SC Bold is the weight 700 face of Spectral SC, a serif family. Its lowercase letters are about as wide as the typical serif font.
Measured metrics
| Average lowercase letter width | 522.5 units per 1000 em |
|---|---|
| Average capital letter width | 735.3 units per 1000 em |
| Word space | 250 units per 1000 em |
| Digits | tabular (every digit is 561 units wide, so columns of numbers line up) |
| Spacing | proportional |
| Width of i compared with m | 37% |
| Printable ASCII characters covered | 94 of 94 |
| Category | Serif |
Fonts closest to Spectral SC Bold
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.
- Spectral Boldidentical letter widths (0 units)
- Spectral SemiBoldvery close widths (12.5 units)
- Spectral ExtraBoldsimilar widths (19.7 units)
- Spectral Mediumsimilar widths (23.3 units)
- Spectral Regularloosely similar widths (30.4 units)
- Libre Bodoni Mediumloosely similar widths (35.5 units)
- Newsreader SemiBoldloosely similar widths (36.3 units)
- Libre Bodoni SemiBoldloosely similar widths (36.5 units)
Editing a PDF that uses Spectral SC Bold
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 Spectral SC Bold from the widths stored in your PDF, loads the complete open font, and sets your new text in Spectral SC Bold itself. The rest of the page is carried over untouched.
Other Spectral SC styles
Questions people ask
+What font is closest to Spectral SC Bold?
Among open fonts in the catalogue, Spectral Bold has the closest letter widths to Spectral SC Bold: identical letter widths, a mean difference of 0 units per 1000 em.
+Does Spectral SC Bold have tabular numbers?
Yes. All ten digits are 561 units wide, so numbers in tables and invoices line up.
+Can I type new text in Spectral SC Bold inside a PDF?
Yes. MythosPDF recognises the font from your PDF, loads the complete Spectral SC font, and sets new letters in Spectral SC Bold.
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