Emblem Bold

The x-height is a compact 72.4% of the cap height, below the 76.2% median for display fonts, lower than 73 of the 97 other display 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 27.6% of the cap height below the baseline, deeper than 80 of the 97 other display fonts. Its letters are of average width for display fonts: an average lowercase letter, spacing included, is 86% as wide as the capitals are tall (an average capital, 97.9%), within 3.8% of the median. The o is close to a circle, 1.13 times as wide as it is tall, and W is the widest capital, at 1.22 times the width of H. Round letters overshoot: O rises 2.7% of the cap height above H and dips 1.4% below the baseline.

The letters stand upright, with no measurable slant. Vertical stems measure 22.2% of the cap height, lighter than 24 of the 43 other display fonts. Ink covers 46.2% of each lowercase letter's box (its advance width by the cap height), darker than 64 of the 97 other display fonts. Strokes keep nearly one thickness in every direction: the sides and the tops of o and O differ by 3%.

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 38.6% of the cap height, and the blank space either side of a lowercase letter takes up 14.8% of its width. Spacing is adjusted with 94 kerning pairs, more than 57 of the 97 other display fonts. The tightest of them is FJ, which closes up by 22.5% of the cap height. The figures have different widths, so columns of numbers set in Emblem Bold will not line up exactly.

Emblem Bold is drawn on the same letter structure as 7 other fonts in the library. Compared with Emblem Bold, Pivot Sans sets 22% narrower, puts down 23% less ink and adds Filipino, Malay, Albanian and 2 more languages. Ration Stencil adds military stencil bridges, leans about 8° and sets 8% narrower. League Sans rings each letter with an outline and adds Filipino, Malay, Albanian and 2 more languages.