Caption Comic

Its x-height is 72% of the cap height, near the 73.3% typical of handwriting fonts in the library, lower than 15 of the 21 other handwriting fonts. Ascenders on b, d, h, k and l stop at 96.8% of the capital height, and descenders on g, j, p, q and y drop 28% of the cap height below the baseline, deeper than 16 of the 21 other handwriting fonts. Its letters are of average width for handwriting fonts: an average lowercase letter, spacing included, is 71.8% as wide as the capitals are tall (an average capital, 82.9%), within 4% of the median. The o is close to a circle, 0.99 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 stands 2.8% above the baseline.

The letters lean about 8° to the right, where most handwriting fonts in the library stand upright. Vertical stems measure 12.6% of the cap height, lighter than 9 of the 11 other handwriting fonts. Ink covers 33.7% of each lowercase letter's box (its advance width by the cap height), lighter than 13 of the 21 other handwriting fonts. Strokes keep nearly one thickness in every direction: the sides and the tops of o and O differ by 2%.

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 32.2% of the cap height, and the blank space either side of a lowercase letter takes up 9.3% of its width. Spacing is adjusted with 164 kerning pairs, the most of all 22 handwriting fonts. The tightest of them is YA, which closes up by 25% of the cap height. The figures have different widths, so columns of numbers set in Caption Comic will not line up exactly.

Caption Comic is drawn on the same letter structure as 8 other fonts in the library. Compared with Caption Comic, Inkpot Comic stands upright. Wacky Wide sets 21% wider and puts down 23% more ink. Sidekick Outline draws the letters as hollow outlines, sets 12% wider and puts down 60% less ink.