SUSE Light
SUSE Light is the weight 300 face of SUSE, a sans serif family. Its lowercase letters are 6% narrower than the typical sans serif font.
Measured metrics
| Average lowercase letter width | 489.2 units per 1000 em |
|---|---|
| Average capital letter width | 632 units per 1000 em |
| Word space | 239 units per 1000 em |
| Digits | tabular (every digit is 600 units wide, so columns of numbers line up) |
| Spacing | proportional |
| Width of i compared with m | 30% |
| Printable ASCII characters covered | 94 of 94 |
| Category | Sans serif |
Fonts closest to SUSE 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.
- Strichpunkt Sans Regularsimilar widths (25.5 units)
- Anuphan Lightsimilar widths (26 units)
- IBM Plex Sans Lightsimilar widths (26.1 units)
- IBM Plex Sans Thai Looped Lightsimilar widths (26.1 units)
- IBM Plex Sans Devanagari Lightsimilar widths (26.1 units)
- IBM Plex Sans KR Lightsimilar widths (26.1 units)
- IBM Plex Sans Hebrew Lightsimilar widths (26.1 units)
- IBM Plex Sans Thai Lightsimilar widths (26.1 units)
Editing a PDF that uses SUSE 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 SUSE Light from the widths stored in your PDF, loads the complete open font, and sets your new text in SUSE Light itself. The rest of the page is carried over untouched.
Other SUSE styles
Questions people ask
+What font is closest to SUSE Light?
Among open fonts in the catalogue, Strichpunkt Sans Regular has the closest letter widths to SUSE Light: similar widths, a mean difference of 25.5 units per 1000 em.
+Does SUSE Light have tabular numbers?
Yes. All ten digits are 600 units wide, so numbers in tables and invoices line up.
+Can I type new text in SUSE Light inside a PDF?
Yes. MythosPDF recognises the font from your PDF, loads the complete SUSE font, and sets new letters in SUSE Light.
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