Crush Print

Crush Print's lowercase x reaches 73.2% of the capital height, close to the 73.2% median for handwriting fonts, taller than 15 of the 29 other handwriting fonts. Ascenders on b, d, h, k and l line up with the capitals (99% of their height), and descenders on g, j, p, q and y drop 23.8% of the cap height below the baseline, shallower than 23 of the 29 other handwriting fonts. Crush Print runs 6.9% wider than the median for handwriting fonts: an average lowercase letter, spacing included, is 77.4% as wide as the capitals are tall (an average capital, 89.2%). The o is close to a circle, 1.10 times as wide as it is tall, and W is the widest capital, at 1.30 times the width of H. The O stops 1.1% of the cap height short of H and stands 2% above the baseline.

The letters stand upright, with no measurable slant. Vertical stems measure 9.5% of the cap height, lighter than 16 of the 18 other handwriting fonts. Ink covers 25.4% of each lowercase letter's box (its advance width by the cap height), lighter than 24 of the 29 other handwriting fonts. Strokes keep one thickness in every direction: the sides of o and O measure the same 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 33.9% of the cap height, and the blank space either side of a lowercase letter takes up 9.5% of its width. Spacing is adjusted with 153 kerning pairs, more than 26 of the 29 other handwriting fonts. The tightest of them is AT, which closes up by 23.8% of the cap height. The figures have different widths, so columns of numbers set in Crush Print will not line up exactly.

4 other library fonts share Crush Print's underlying letter structure. Compared with Crush Print, Zombie Marker adds paint drips and puts down 30% more ink. Wobble Print puts down 20% more ink. Quirk Outline draws the letters as hollow outlines, sets 6% wider and puts down 47% less ink.