Frost Slab

Its lowercase is tall: the x-height is 81.3% of the cap height, against a median of 74.5% for decorative fonts, the tallest of all 36 decorative fonts. Ascenders on b, d, h, k and l rise 3.2% above the capitals, and descenders on g, j, p, q and y drop 22% of the cap height below the baseline, shallower than 22 of the 35 other decorative fonts. Frost Slab runs 17.2% wider than the median for decorative fonts: an average lowercase letter, spacing included, is 89.3% as wide as the capitals are tall (an average capital, 102.6%). The o is close to a circle, 1.02 times as wide as it is tall, and W is the widest capital, at 1.33 times the width of H. Round letters overshoot: O rises 1.1% of the cap height above H and dips 1% below the baseline.

The letters stand upright, with no measurable slant. Vertical stems measure 13.7% of the cap height, lighter than 16 of the 22 other decorative fonts. Ink covers 40% of each lowercase letter's box (its advance width by the cap height), darker than 25 of the 35 other decorative fonts. A rounded cap of snow sits on top of each letter, separated from it by a thin gap.

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% of the cap height, and the blank space either side of a lowercase letter takes up 6.9% of its width. Spacing is adjusted with 102 kerning pairs, fewer than 24 of the 35 other decorative fonts. The tightest of them is LY, which closes up by 22.9% of the cap height. The figures have different widths, so columns of numbers set in Frost Slab will not line up exactly.

8 other library fonts share Frost Slab's underlying letter structure. Compared with Frost Slab, Canyon 3D adds a 3D extrusion, sets 7% narrower and puts down 17% more ink. Marquee Slab cuts a thin line along each stroke and sets 18% wider. Depot Slab Outline draws the letters as hollow outlines, sets 24% wider and puts down 54% less ink.