Bitline Pixel

The x-height is a compact 66.7% of the cap height, below the 78.9% median for pixel fonts, lower than 8 of the 11 other pixel fonts. Ascenders on b, d, h, k and l stop at 91.7% of the capital height, and descenders on g, j, p, q and y drop 33.3% of the cap height below the baseline, deeper than 9 of the 11 other pixel fonts. It sets narrow: an average lowercase letter, spacing included, is 67.6% as wide as the capitals are tall (an average capital, 80.7%), 17.9% less than the median for pixel fonts, so more words fit on a line. The o is close to a circle, 1.00 times as wide as it is tall, and W is the widest capital, at 1.25 times the width of H. O stands exactly as tall as H and sits on the baseline, with no overshoot.

The letters stand upright, with no measurable slant. Ink covers 27.1% of each lowercase letter's box (its advance width by the cap height), darker than 6 of the 11 other pixel fonts. Strokes keep one thickness in every direction: the sides of o and O measure the same as their tops and bottoms. The letters are built on a square pixel grid.

Its 3,966 characters include 3,756 Chinese and 105 Latin letters, plus 105 figures, punctuation marks and symbols; 53 of the Latin letters are accented or special forms beyond A to Z. The word space measures 33.5% of the cap height, and the blank space either side of a lowercase letter takes up 14.6% of its width. Spacing is adjusted with 102 kerning pairs, more than 9 of the 11 other pixel fonts. The tightest of them is LY, which closes up by 21.5% of the cap height. The figures have different widths, so columns of numbers set in Bitline Pixel will not line up exactly.

Bitline Pixel is drawn on the same letter structure as 4 other fonts in the library. Compared with Bitline Pixel, Cadet Stencil adds military stencil bridges, leans about 8° and sets 22% wider. Field Stencil adds military stencil bridges, sets 16% wider and puts down 20% more ink. Corps Condensed Stencil adds military stencil bridges, puts down 34% more ink and has a 72% x-height.