Boutique Serif

Its x-height is 67.7% of the cap height, near the 69.6% typical of serif fonts in the library, lower than 32 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 32.5% of the cap height below the baseline, deeper than 36 of the 39 other serif fonts. Its letters are of average width for serif fonts: an average lowercase letter, spacing included, is 90% as wide as the capitals are tall (an average capital, 101.3%), within 4.8% of the median. The o is wider than it is tall, 1.20 to 1, and W is the widest capital, at 1.09 times the width of H. The O rises 1.1% of the cap height above H and sits on the baseline.

The letters stand upright, with no measurable slant. Vertical stems measure 13.6% of the cap height, lighter than 21 of the 35 other serif fonts. Ink covers 23.1% of each lowercase letter's box (its advance width by the cap height), lighter than 35 of the 39 other serif fonts. Strokes change thickness with direction: the sides of o and O are 4.3 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 37.8% of the cap height, and the blank space either side of a lowercase letter takes up 6.1% of its width. Spacing is adjusted with 29 kerning pairs, fewer than 28 of the 39 other serif fonts. The tightest of them is AY, which closes up by 16.2% of the cap height. The figures have different widths, so columns of numbers set in Boutique Serif will not line up exactly.

Boutique Serif is drawn on the same letter structure as 13 other fonts in the library. Compared with Boutique Serif, Atelier Wide sets 9% wider. Saga Serif puts down 37% more ink. Salon Didone sets 19% narrower and adds Greek, Filipino, Malay and 3 more languages.