Zen Old Mincho Black
Zen Old Mincho Black is the weight 900 face of Zen Old Mincho, a serif family. Its lowercase letters are 5% wider than the typical serif font.
Measured metrics
| Average lowercase letter width | 544.7 units per 1000 em |
|---|---|
| Average capital letter width | 726.4 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 Black
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 Soft Regularidentical letter widths (0 units)
- Zen Antique Regularidentical letter widths (0 units)
- Bagnard Regularloosely similar widths (39.5 units)
- Bagnard Sans Regularloosely similar widths (40.4 units)
- Old Standard TT Boldloosely similar widths (43.3 units)
- Old Standard TT Regularloosely similar widths (47.3 units)
- Shippori Mincho SemiBoldloosely similar widths (49.7 units)
- Shippori Mincho B1 SemiBoldloosely similar widths (49.7 units)
Editing a PDF that uses Zen Old Mincho Black
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 Black from the widths stored in your PDF, loads the complete open font, and sets your new text in Zen Old Mincho Black itself. The rest of the page is carried over untouched.
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Questions people ask
+What font is closest to Zen Old Mincho Black?
Among open fonts in the catalogue, Zen Antique Soft Regular has the closest letter widths to Zen Old Mincho Black: identical letter widths, a mean difference of 0 units per 1000 em.
+Does Zen Old Mincho Black 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 Black 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 Black.
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