Giggle Sans

Giggle Sans's lowercase x reaches 78.1% of the capital height, close to the 76.2% median for display fonts, taller than 62 of the 97 other display fonts. Ascenders on b, d, h, k and l rise 3% above the capitals, and descenders on g, j, p, q and y drop 24.1% of the cap height below the baseline, deeper than 53 of the 97 other display fonts. Its letters are of average width for display fonts: an average lowercase letter, spacing included, is 89.4% as wide as the capitals are tall (an average capital, 101%), within 0% of the median. The o is close to a circle, 1.14 times as wide as it is tall, and W is the widest capital, at 1.23 times the width of H. The O rises 3.1% of the cap height above H and stands 1.3% above the baseline.

The letters stand upright, with no measurable slant. Vertical stems measure 18.5% of the cap height, lighter than 31 of the 43 other display fonts. Ink covers 40.8% of each lowercase letter's box (its advance width by the cap height), lighter than 52 of the 97 other display 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 37.5% of the cap height, and the blank space either side of a lowercase letter takes up 14.3% of its width. Spacing is adjusted with 85 kerning pairs, more than 52 of the 97 other display fonts. The tightest of them is Tm, which closes up by 21.2% of the cap height. The figures have different widths, so columns of numbers set in Giggle Sans will not line up exactly.

19 other library fonts share Giggle Sans's underlying letter structure. Compared with Giggle Sans, Terrace Deco puts down 27% less ink and has a 60% x-height. Depot Round Stencil adds military stencil bridges and sets 11% narrower. Peppermint cuts candy-cane stripes through the letters and puts down 49% less ink.