Atelier Wide

The x-height is a compact 67.4% of the cap height, below the 69.6% median for serif fonts, lower than 34 of the 39 other serif fonts. Ascenders on b, d, h, k and l line up with the capitals (100% of their height), and descenders on g, j, p, q and y drop 32.9% of the cap height below the baseline, deeper than 37 of the 39 other serif fonts. It sets wide: an average lowercase letter, spacing included, is 98.5% as wide as the capitals are tall (an average capital, 110.8%), 14.7% more than the median for serif fonts, so the same words take a longer line. The o is wider than it is tall, 1.32 to 1, and W is the widest capital, at 1.09 times the width of H. The O rises 1.3% of the cap height above H and sits on the baseline.

The letters stand upright, with no measurable slant. Vertical stems measure 15.7% of the cap height, heavier than 19 of the 35 other serif fonts. Ink covers 23.7% of each lowercase letter's box (its advance width by the cap height), lighter than 34 of the 39 other serif fonts. Strokes change thickness with direction: the sides of o and O are 6.6 times as thick as their tops and bottoms.

Its 148 characters include 105 Latin letters, plus 43 figures, punctuation marks and symbols; 53 of the Latin letters are accented or special forms beyond A to Z. The word space measures 40.3% of the cap height, and the blank space either side of a lowercase letter takes up 5.5% of its width. Spacing is adjusted with 47 kerning pairs, fewer than 25 of the 39 other serif fonts. The tightest of them is VA, which closes up by 16.5% of the cap height. The figures have different widths, so columns of numbers set in Atelier Wide will not line up exactly.

Atelier Wide is drawn on the same letter structure as 13 other fonts in the library. Compared with Atelier Wide, Pointe Serif sets 20% narrower. Bookface 3D adds a 3D extrusion, sets 12% narrower and puts down 74% more ink. Saga Serif puts down 34% more ink.