Harbor Slab

Harbor Slab's lowercase x reaches 70.5% of the capital height, close to the 69.6% median for serif fonts, taller than 23 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 30.2% of the cap height below the baseline, deeper than 23 of the 39 other serif fonts. Harbor Slab runs 9.5% narrower than the median for serif fonts: an average lowercase letter, spacing included, is 77.7% as wide as the capitals are tall (an average capital, 94.2%). The o is close to a circle, 1.03 times as wide as it is tall, and W is the widest capital, at 1.28 times the width of H. Round letters overshoot: O rises 3.2% of the cap height above H and dips 1.6% below the baseline.

The letters stand upright, with no measurable slant. Vertical stems measure 11.4% of the cap height, lighter than 31 of the 35 other serif fonts. Ink covers 32.1% of each lowercase letter's box (its advance width by the cap height), darker than 20 of the 39 other serif 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 35.3% of the cap height, and the blank space either side of a lowercase letter takes up 7.7% of its width. Spacing is adjusted with 272 kerning pairs, more than 30 of the 39 other serif fonts. The tightest of them is AY, which closes up by 30.9% of the cap height. The figures have different widths, so columns of numbers set in Harbor Slab will not line up exactly.

9 other library fonts share Harbor Slab's underlying letter structure. Compared with Harbor Slab, Pennant Slab rings each letter with an outline, sets 12% wider and puts down 36% more ink. Memo Italic Mono leans about 9°, sets 11% wider and puts down 41% less ink. Ledger Slab puts down 21% less ink.