Elven Serif

Its x-height is 68.7% of the cap height, near the 69.6% typical of serif fonts in the library, lower than 30 of the 39 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 31.5% of the cap height below the baseline, deeper than 32 of the 39 other serif fonts. Its letters are of average width for serif fonts: an average lowercase letter, spacing included, is 83.2% as wide as the capitals are tall (an average capital, 94.6%), within 3.1% of the median. The o is close to a circle, 1.10 times as wide as it is tall, and W is the widest capital, at 1.06 times the width of H. The O rises 1.1% of the cap height above H and sits on the baseline.

Vertical stems measure 11.9% of the cap height, lighter than 28 of the 35 other serif fonts. Ink covers 23.8% of each lowercase letter's box (its advance width by the cap height), lighter than 33 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 34% 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 239 kerning pairs, more than 24 of the 39 other serif fonts. The tightest of them is VA, which closes up by 27.2% of the cap height. The figures have different widths, so columns of numbers set in Elven Serif will not line up exactly.

Elven Serif is drawn on the same letter structure as 5 other fonts in the library. Compared with Elven Serif, Bellbottom Serif sets 15% wider, puts down 96% more ink and adds Arabic, Filipino, Hebrew and 5 more languages. Groove Serif 3D adds a 3D extrusion, sets 13% wider and puts down 96% more ink. Peace Outline draws the letters as hollow outlines, sets 15% wider and puts down 43% less ink.