Work Sans Medium
Work Sans Medium is the weight 500 face of Work Sans, a sans serif family. Its lowercase letters are 7% wider than the typical sans serif font.
Measured metrics
| Average lowercase letter width | 552.7 units per 1000 em |
|---|---|
| Average capital letter width | 670.5 units per 1000 em |
| Word space | 325 units per 1000 em |
| Digits | proportional (digit widths differ) |
| Spacing | proportional |
| Width of i compared with m | 29% |
| Printable ASCII characters covered | 94 of 94 |
| Category | Sans serif |
Fonts closest to Work Sans Medium
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 SemiBoldvery close widths (9.9 units)
- Kantumruy Pro Mediumvery close widths (13.5 units)
- Kantumruy Pro Boldsimilar widths (16.3 units)
- Kantumruy Pro Regularsimilar widths (26.5 units)
- Schibsted Grotesk SemiBoldsimilar widths (26.6 units)
- Onest Boldsimilar widths (27 units)
- Onest SemiBoldsimilar widths (27.1 units)
- Golos Text Regularsimilar widths (27.1 units)
Editing a PDF that uses Work Sans Medium
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 Medium from the widths stored in your PDF, loads the complete open font, and sets your new text in Work Sans Medium 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 Light
- Work Sans Italic
- Work Sans Regular
- Work Sans Medium Italic
- 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 Medium?
Among open fonts in the catalogue, Kantumruy Pro SemiBold has the closest letter widths to Work Sans Medium: very close widths, a mean difference of 9.9 units per 1000 em.
+Does Work Sans Medium 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 Medium inside a PDF?
Yes. MythosPDF recognises the font from your PDF, loads the complete Work Sans font, and sets new letters in Work Sans Medium.
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