Graffiti Open Chisel

The x-height is a compact 69.2% of the cap height, below the 74.8% median for display fonts, lower than 94 of the 111 other display fonts. Ascenders on b, d, h, k and l line up with the capitals (98.4% of their height), and descenders on g, j, p, q and y drop 24.4% of the cap height below the baseline, deeper than 62 of the 111 other display fonts. It sets narrow: an average lowercase letter, spacing included, is 69.8% as wide as the capitals are tall (an average capital, 82.1%), 20.2% less than the median for display fonts, so more words fit on a line. The o is close to a circle, 0.95 times as wide as it is tall, and T is the widest capital, at 1.18 times the width of H. The O stops 1.3% of the cap height short of H and dips 1.1% below the baseline.

Vertical stems measure 15.8% of the cap height, lighter than 44 of the 55 other display fonts. Ink covers 36.1% of each lowercase letter's box (its advance width by the cap height), lighter than 77 of the 111 other display fonts. The contrast is mild: the sides of o and O are 1.15 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 45.9% of the cap height, and the blank space either side of a lowercase letter takes up 14.2% 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 Graffiti Open Chisel will not line up exactly.