Jersey Slab

Its lowercase is tall: the x-height is 81.6% of the cap height, against a median of 76.2% for display fonts, taller than 90 of the 97 other display 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 22.1% of the cap height below the baseline, shallower than 69 of the 97 other display fonts. Jersey Slab runs 19% wider than the median for display fonts: an average lowercase letter, spacing included, is 106.4% as wide as the capitals are tall (an average capital, 117.9%). The o is wider than it is tall, 1.19 to 1, and W is the widest capital, at 1.30 times the width of H. Round letters overshoot: O rises 1% of the cap height above H and dips 1% below the baseline.

Ink covers 46.6% of each lowercase letter's box (its advance width by the cap height), darker than 66 of the 97 other display fonts. Each solid letter is ringed by an outline with a clear gap between them, as on college lettering.

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 35.5% of the cap height, and the blank space either side of a lowercase letter takes up 9.2% of its width. Spacing is adjusted with 142 kerning pairs, more than 74 of the 97 other display fonts. The tightest of them is VA, which closes up by 30.5% of the cap height. The figures have different widths, so columns of numbers set in Jersey Slab will not line up exactly.

8 other library fonts share Jersey Slab's underlying letter structure. Compared with Jersey Slab, Station Slab keeps the letters plain, without the varsity effect and puts down 20% less ink. Mech Slab Outline draws the letters as hollow outlines and puts down 62% less ink. Headline Slab keeps the letters plain, without the varsity effect.