Ubuntu Sans Light
Ubuntu Sans Light is the weight 300 face of Ubuntu Sans, a sans serif family. Its lowercase letters are 4% narrower than the typical sans serif font.
Measured metrics
| Average lowercase letter width | 499 units per 1000 em |
|---|---|
| Average capital letter width | 621.3 units per 1000 em |
| Word space | 227 units per 1000 em |
| Digits | tabular (every digit is 564 units wide, so columns of numbers line up) |
| Spacing | proportional |
| Width of i compared with m | 28% |
| Printable ASCII characters covered | 94 of 94 |
| Category | Sans serif |
Fonts closest to Ubuntu Sans 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.
- Ubuntu Lightnearly identical widths (2.5 units)
- Ubuntu Regularvery close widths (12.8 units)
- Oxanium ExtraLightsimilar widths (24.9 units)
- Oxanium Lightsimilar widths (25.3 units)
- Funnel Sans Lightsimilar widths (25.3 units)
- Noto Sans Tamil Lightsimilar widths (25.9 units)
- Funnel Sans Regularsimilar widths (26.1 units)
- Ubuntu Mediumsimilar widths (26.4 units)
Editing a PDF that uses Ubuntu Sans 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 Ubuntu Sans Light from the widths stored in your PDF, loads the complete open font, and sets your new text in Ubuntu Sans Light itself. The rest of the page is carried over untouched.
Other Ubuntu Sans styles
- Ubuntu Sans Thin Italic
- Ubuntu Sans Thin
- Ubuntu Sans ExtraLight Italic
- Ubuntu Sans ExtraLight
- Ubuntu Sans Light Italic
- Ubuntu Sans Italic
- Ubuntu Sans Regular
- Ubuntu Sans Medium Italic
- Ubuntu Sans Medium
- Ubuntu Sans SemiBold Italic
- Ubuntu Sans SemiBold
- Ubuntu Sans Bold Italic
- Ubuntu Sans Bold
- Ubuntu Sans ExtraBold Italic
- Ubuntu Sans ExtraBold
Questions people ask
+What font is closest to Ubuntu Sans Light?
Among open fonts in the catalogue, Ubuntu Light has the closest letter widths to Ubuntu Sans Light: nearly identical widths, a mean difference of 2.5 units per 1000 em.
+Does Ubuntu Sans Light have tabular numbers?
Yes. All ten digits are 564 units wide, so numbers in tables and invoices line up.
+Can I type new text in Ubuntu Sans Light inside a PDF?
Yes. MythosPDF recognises the font from your PDF, loads the complete Ubuntu Sans font, and sets new letters in Ubuntu Sans Light.
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