IBM Plex Sans
The library lists IBM Plex Sans together with eight more families that share a designer with it and either its name or its measurements. It lists six script subsets, more than 92% of the sans serifs. It offers seven weights, each with an italic, which is more styles than 86% of the sans serifs have.
| Measure, per 1,000 em | IBM Plex Sans | Median of 732 sans serifs |
|---|---|---|
| Ascender (top of d) | 740 | 740 |
| Cap height (top of H) | 698 | 702 |
| x-height (top of x) | 516 | 519 |
| Descender (foot of p) | −200 | −213 |
| x-height ÷ cap height | 0.74 | 0.70 |
| Average lowercase width | 505 | 522 |
| Ink coverage, a–z | 38.6% | 40.2% |
Versions and companionsA shared designer and a shared name or matching measurements
| Version | Compared with IBM Plex Sans | Added |
|---|---|---|
| IBM Plex Sans Arabic | adds Arabic; static files only | 2021 |
| IBM Plex Sans Condensed | lowercase narrower by 48; static files only | 2018 |
| IBM Plex Sans Devanagari | adds Devanagari; static files only | 2021 |
| IBM Plex Sans Hebrew | adds Hebrew; static files only | 2021 |
| IBM Plex Sans JP | adds Japanese; lowercase wider by 24; x-height taller by 25; static files only | 2022 |
| IBM Plex Sans KR | adds Korean; static files only | 2021 |
| IBM Plex Sans Thai | adds Thai; static files only | 2021 |
| IBM Plex Sans Thai Looped | adds Thai; static files only | 2021 |
Where it sitsEvery sans serif family is a dot
X-height across the 716 sans serifs with ascenders
Just below: Meera Inimai, Doppio One; just above: Quicksand, Clarity City; level with: Anuphan, Bricolage Grotesque, IBM Plex Sans Arabic
Average lowercase width across the 732 sans serifs
Just below: Anuphan, Fustat; just above: Radio Canada Big, Funnel Sans; level with: IBM Plex Sans Arabic, IBM Plex Sans Devanagari, IBM Plex Sans Hebrew
Weights and styles
One variable file per style covers every weight from 100 to 700.
| Axis | Tag | Range | In the library |
|---|---|---|---|
| Width | wdth | 75 to 100 | 99 families |
| Weight | wght | 100 to 700 | 545 families |
ScriptsFamilies sharing each subset
- Latin1,843
- Latin Extended1,525
- Vietnamese532
- Cyrillic306
- Cyrillic Extended243
- Greek128
Inside the file
In the measured file: 1,025 glyphs and 891 mapped Unicode characters; 24 OpenType feature tags.
Declared features: old-style figures, lining figures, fractions, superscripts, subscripts, ordinals, standard ligatures, stylistic alternates, slashed zero and six stylistic sets.
Measured neighboursClosest in proportion; differences per 1,000 em
Same designer
Mike Abbink is also credited on IBM Plex Mono, IBM Plex Serif and Lilex. Bold Monday is also credited on IBM Plex Mono and IBM Plex Serif.
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