Chronicle Italic Nib

Its x-height is 70.2% of the cap height, near the 69.6% typical of serif fonts in the library, taller than 22 of the 39 other serif fonts. Ascenders on b, d, h, k and l line up with the capitals (100.7% of their height), and descenders on g, j, p, q and y drop 30.5% of the cap height below the baseline, deeper than 24 of the 39 other serif fonts. It sets wide: an average lowercase letter, spacing included, is 91.1% as wide as the capitals are tall (an average capital, 110.9%), 6.1% more than the median for serif fonts, so the same words take a longer line. The o is close to a circle, 0.98 times as wide as it is tall, and M is the widest capital, at 1.03 times the width of H. Round letters overshoot: O rises 0.8% of the cap height above H and dips 0.8% below the baseline.

The letters lean about 16° to the right, where most serif fonts in the library stand upright. Vertical stems measure 13.4% of the cap height, lighter than 22 of the 35 other serif fonts. Ink covers 27.4% of each lowercase letter's box (its advance width by the cap height), lighter than 23 of the 39 other serif fonts. Strokes change thickness with direction: the sides of o and O are 1.9 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 35.2% of the cap height, and the blank space either side of a lowercase letter takes up 5.4% of its width. Spacing is adjusted with 53 kerning pairs, fewer than 24 of the 39 other serif fonts. The tightest of them is VA, which closes up by 28.3% of the cap height. The figures have different widths, so columns of numbers set in Chronicle Italic Nib will not line up exactly.