Courier Sign

Its lowercase sits low: the x-height is 45.3% of the cap height, where the median for script fonts is 48.4%, lower than 48 of the 53 other script fonts. Ascenders on b, d, h, k and l line up with the capitals (99.2% of their height), and descenders on g, j, p, q and y drop 52.9% of the cap height below the baseline, deeper than 42 of the 53 other script fonts. Courier Sign runs 19.8% wider than the median for script fonts: an average lowercase letter, spacing included, is 76.8% as wide as the capitals are tall (an average capital, 126.3%). The o is wider than it is tall, 1.92 to 1, and M is the widest capital, at 1.10 times the width of H. The O tops out level with H and stands 0.5% above the baseline.

Ink covers 11.4% of each lowercase letter's box (its advance width by the cap height), lighter than 51 of the 53 other script fonts.

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 38.4% of the cap height, and lowercase letters reach 25.1% past their own widths into the space of their neighbours. Spacing is adjusted with 56 kerning pairs, more than 46 of the 53 other script fonts. The tightest of them is FA, which closes up by 31.6% of the cap height. The figures have different widths, so columns of numbers set in Courier Sign will not line up exactly.

16 other library fonts share Courier Sign's underlying letter structure. Compared with Courier Sign, Scribe Broadpen sets 17% narrower, puts down 179% more ink and has a 49% x-height. Anchor Script sets 17% narrower and puts down 180% more ink. Loop Script Outline draws the letters as hollow outlines, sets 19% narrower and puts down 101% more ink.