Kids Big First Grade

Its lowercase sits low: the x-height is 63.7% of the cap height, where the median for handwriting fonts is 72.8%, lower than 20 of the 25 other handwriting 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 29% of the cap height below the baseline, deeper than 18 of the 25 other handwriting fonts. Its letters are of average width for handwriting fonts: an average lowercase letter, spacing included, is 68.8% as wide as the capitals are tall (an average capital, 79.7%), within 5% of the median. The o is close to a circle, 0.97 times as wide as it is tall, and W is the widest capital, at 1.20 times the width of H. The O rises 2.4% of the cap height above H and sits on the baseline.

The letters stand upright, with no measurable slant. Vertical stems measure 15.8% of the cap height, heavier than 9 of the 15 other handwriting fonts. Ink covers 37.3% of each lowercase letter's box (its advance width by the cap height), darker than 15 of the 25 other handwriting fonts. It is close to monoline, with the sides of o and O 1.04 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 45.6% of the cap height, and the blank space either side of a lowercase letter takes up 14.4% 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 Kids Big First Grade will not line up exactly.