Zen Old Mincho Bold
Zen Old Mincho Bold is the weight 700 face of Zen Old Mincho, a serif family. Its lowercase letters are about as wide as the typical serif font.
Measured metrics
| Average lowercase letter width | 524.4 units per 1000 em |
|---|---|
| Average capital letter width | 720 units per 1000 em |
| Word space | 280 units per 1000 em |
| Digits | proportional (digit widths differ) |
| Spacing | proportional |
| Width of i compared with m | 38% |
| Printable ASCII characters covered | 94 of 94 |
| Category | Serif |
Fonts closest to Zen Old Mincho Bold
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.
- Zen Antique Regularvery close widths (10.9 units)
- Zen Antique Soft Regularvery close widths (10.9 units)
- Old Standard TT Boldloosely similar widths (36.9 units)
- Old Standard TT Regularloosely similar widths (40.5 units)
- Bagnard Sans Regularloosely similar widths (42.4 units)
- Bagnard Regularloosely similar widths (42.6 units)
- Tai Heritage Pro Boldloosely similar widths (50.5 units)
- IBM Plex Serif SemiBoldloosely similar widths (54 units)
Editing a PDF that uses Zen Old Mincho Bold
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 Zen Old Mincho Bold from the widths stored in your PDF, loads the complete open font, and sets your new text in Zen Old Mincho Bold itself. The rest of the page is carried over untouched.
Other Zen Old Mincho styles
Questions people ask
+What font is closest to Zen Old Mincho Bold?
Among open fonts in the catalogue, Zen Antique Regular has the closest letter widths to Zen Old Mincho Bold: very close widths, a mean difference of 10.9 units per 1000 em.
+Does Zen Old Mincho Bold 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 Zen Old Mincho Bold inside a PDF?
Yes. MythosPDF recognises the font from your PDF, loads the complete Zen Old Mincho font, and sets new letters in Zen Old Mincho Bold.
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