Spectral Light
Spectral Light is the weight 300 face of Spectral, a serif family. Its lowercase letters are 5% narrower than the typical serif font.
Measured metrics
| Average lowercase letter width | 490.3 units per 1000 em |
|---|---|
| Average capital letter width | 694.3 units per 1000 em |
| Word space | 250 units per 1000 em |
| Digits | tabular (every digit is 500 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 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.
- Spectral SC Lightidentical letter widths (0 units)
- Spectral SC Regularvery close widths (9.6 units)
- Spectral SC ExtraLightvery close widths (13.8 units)
- Spectral SC Mediumsimilar widths (16 units)
- Spectral SC SemiBoldsimilar widths (26.1 units)
- Mate Regularloosely similar widths (33.6 units)
- Newsreader Regularloosely similar widths (36 units)
- Martel Sans ExtraLightloosely similar widths (36.2 units)
Editing a PDF that uses Spectral 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 Spectral Light from the widths stored in your PDF, loads the complete open font, and sets your new text in Spectral Light itself. The rest of the page is carried over untouched.
Other Spectral styles
Questions people ask
+What font is closest to Spectral Light?
Among open fonts in the catalogue, Spectral SC Light has the closest letter widths to Spectral Light: identical letter widths, a mean difference of 0 units per 1000 em.
+Does Spectral Light have tabular numbers?
Yes. All ten digits are 500 units wide, so numbers in tables and invoices line up.
+Can I type new text in Spectral Light inside a PDF?
Yes. MythosPDF recognises the font from your PDF, loads the complete Spectral font, and sets new letters in Spectral Light.
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