Brush Flat Sail

The x-height is a compact 68.1% of the cap height, below the 74.8% median for display fonts, lower than 96 of the 111 other display fonts. Ascenders on b, d, h, k and l stop at 96.4% of the capital height, and descenders on g, j, p, q and y drop 27.2% of the cap height below the baseline, deeper than 86 of the 111 other display fonts. It sets narrow: an average lowercase letter, spacing included, is 79.7% as wide as the capitals are tall (an average capital, 94.5%), 8.9% less than the median for display fonts, so more words fit on a line. The o is close to a circle, 1.06 times as wide as it is tall, and W is the widest capital, at 1.16 times the width of H. The O tops out level with H and dips 1.2% below the baseline.

Vertical stems measure 24.8% of the cap height, heavier than 33 of the 55 other display fonts. Ink covers 46.2% of each lowercase letter's box (its advance width by the cap height), darker than 74 of the 111 other display fonts. The contrast is mild: the sides of o and O are 1.29 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 45.9% of the cap height, and the blank space either side of a lowercase letter takes up 12.9% of its width. The font carries no kerning, so spacing comes from each letter’s own side bearings. The figures have different widths, so columns of numbers set in Brush Flat Sail will not line up exactly.