Deco Fan Serif

Its lowercase sits low: the x-height is 63.9% of the cap height, where the median for display fonts is 74.8%, lower than 109 of the 111 other display fonts. Ascenders on b, d, h, k and l line up with the capitals (98.6% of their height), and descenders on g, j, p, q and y drop 32% of the cap height below the baseline, the deepest of all 112 display fonts. Deco Fan Serif runs 18.6% narrower than the median for display fonts: an average lowercase letter, spacing included, is 71.2% as wide as the capitals are tall (an average capital, 83.9%). The o is close to a circle, 1.00 times as wide as it is tall, and M is the widest capital, at 1.21 times the width of H. The O stops 4.2% of the cap height short of H and dips 1.1% below the baseline.

The letters stand upright, with no measurable slant. Vertical stems measure 13.3% of the cap height, lighter than 50 of the 55 other display fonts. Ink covers 25.6% of each lowercase letter's box (its advance width by the cap height), lighter than 97 of the 111 other display fonts. Strokes change thickness with direction: the sides of o and O are 5.7 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 46% of the cap height, and the blank space either side of a lowercase letter takes up 14.1% of its width. The font carries no kerning, so spacing comes from each letter’s own side bearings. The figures have different widths, so columns of numbers set in Deco Fan Serif will not line up exactly.

One other library font shares Deco Fan Serif's underlying letter structure. Compared with Deco Fan Serif, Deco Fan Serif 3d adds a 3D extrusion and puts down 41% more ink.