Couture Display

Its x-height is 69.3% of the cap height, near the 69.5% typical of serif fonts in the library, lower than 30 of the 50 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 29.2% of the cap height below the baseline, deeper than 25 of the 50 other serif fonts. Its letters are of average width for serif fonts: an average lowercase letter, spacing included, is 80.7% as wide as the capitals are tall (an average capital, 88.9%), within 3% of the median. The o is close to a circle, 1.12 times as wide as it is tall, and M and W are the widest capitals, at 1.09 times the width of H. The O stops 2.1% of the cap height short of H and stands 2.8% above the baseline.

The letters stand upright, with no measurable slant. Vertical stems measure 17.6% of the cap height, heavier than 29 of the 44 other serif fonts. Ink covers 28.6% of each lowercase letter's box (its advance width by the cap height), lighter than 28 of the 50 other serif fonts. Strokes change thickness with direction: the sides of o and O are 8.8 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 32.4% of the cap height, and the blank space either side of a lowercase letter takes up 5.8% of its width. Spacing is adjusted with 165 kerning pairs, more than 28 of the 50 other serif fonts. The tightest of them is VA, which closes up by 24.1% of the cap height. The figures have different widths, so columns of numbers set in Couture Display will not line up exactly.

Couture Display is drawn on the same letter structure as 6 other fonts in the library. Compared with Couture Display, Icing Serif adds caps of snow. Gold Rush Roman adds Tuscan spurs. Diner Roman sets 8% wider and puts down 16% more ink.