Autograph Hand

Its lowercase sits low: the x-height is 45.7% of the cap height, where the median for script fonts is 48.4%, lower than 43 of the 53 other script fonts. Ascenders on b, d, h, k and l line up with the capitals (99.2% of their height), and descenders on g, j, p, q and y drop 52.5% of the cap height below the baseline, deeper than 35 of the 53 other script fonts. Autograph Hand runs 10.1% narrower than the median for script fonts: an average lowercase letter, spacing included, is 57.6% as wide as the capitals are tall (an average capital, 101.3%). The o is wider than it is tall, 1.47 to 1, and M is the widest capital, at 1.05 times the width of H. The O tops out level with H and stands 0.5% above the baseline.

Ink covers 17.2% of each lowercase letter's box (its advance width by the cap height), lighter than 45 of the 53 other script fonts.

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 30.1% of the cap height, and lowercase letters reach 32.6% past their own widths into the space of their neighbours. Spacing is adjusted with 56 kerning pairs, more than 46 of the 53 other script fonts. The tightest of them is FA, which closes up by 26.3% of the cap height. The figures have different widths, so columns of numbers set in Autograph Hand will not line up exactly.

16 other library fonts share Autograph Hand's underlying letter structure. Compared with Autograph Hand, Lace Script puts down 25% more ink. Anchor Script sets 11% wider and puts down 85% more ink. Scribe Broadpen sets 11% wider and puts down 85% more ink.