Work Sans Light
Work Sans Light is the weight 300 face of Work Sans, a sans serif family. Its lowercase letters are about as wide as the typical sans serif font.
Measured metrics
| Average lowercase letter width | 523.7 units per 1000 em |
|---|---|
| Average capital letter width | 637.7 units per 1000 em |
| Word space | 313 units per 1000 em |
| Digits | proportional (digit widths differ) |
| Spacing | proportional |
| Width of i compared with m | 24% |
| Printable ASCII characters covered | 94 of 94 |
| Category | Sans serif |
Fonts closest to Work 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.
- Kantumruy Pro Regularvery close widths (11.2 units)
- Kantumruy Pro Lightvery close widths (13 units)
- Kantumruy Pro Mediumsimilar widths (22 units)
- Hedvig Letters Sans Regularsimilar widths (25.9 units)
- Radio Canada Big Mediumsimilar widths (27.7 units)
- Onest ExtraLightsimilar widths (27.9 units)
- Onest Thinsimilar widths (28.3 units)
- Radio Canada Big SemiBoldsimilar widths (28.5 units)
Editing a PDF that uses Work 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 Work Sans Light from the widths stored in your PDF, loads the complete open font, and sets your new text in Work Sans Light itself. The rest of the page is carried over untouched.
Other Work Sans styles
- Work Sans Thin Italic
- Work Sans Thin
- Work Sans ExtraLight Italic
- Work Sans ExtraLight
- Work Sans Light Italic
- Work Sans Italic
- Work Sans Regular
- Work Sans Medium Italic
- Work Sans Medium
- Work Sans SemiBold Italic
- Work Sans SemiBold
- Work Sans Bold Italic
- Work Sans Bold
- Work Sans ExtraBold Italic
- Work Sans ExtraBold
- Work Sans Black Italic
- Work Sans Black
Questions people ask
+What font is closest to Work Sans Light?
Among open fonts in the catalogue, Kantumruy Pro Regular has the closest letter widths to Work Sans Light: very close widths, a mean difference of 11.2 units per 1000 em.
+Does Work Sans Light have tabular numbers?
No. Its digits have different widths, so numbers in columns do not align on their own.
+Can I type new text in Work Sans Light inside a PDF?
Yes. MythosPDF recognises the font from your PDF, loads the complete Work Sans font, and sets new letters in Work Sans Light.
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