Ledger Sans

Ledger Sans's lowercase x reaches 71.4% of the capital height, close to the 71.4% median for sans serif fonts, lower than 16 of the 32 other sans 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 30.5% of the cap height below the baseline, deeper than 27 of the 32 other sans serif fonts. Its letters are of average width for sans serif fonts: an average lowercase letter, spacing included, is 76.3% as wide as the capitals are tall (an average capital, 93.6%), within 2.3% of the median. The o is close to a circle, 1.11 times as wide as it is tall, and W is the widest capital, at 1.21 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 8.9% of the cap height, lighter than 19 of the 28 other sans serif fonts. Ink covers 24.1% of each lowercase letter's box (its advance width by the cap height), lighter than 17 of the 32 other sans 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 37.9% of the cap height, and the blank space either side of a lowercase letter takes up 13.7% of its width. Spacing is adjusted with 118 kerning pairs, more than 24 of the 32 other sans serif fonts. The tightest of them is AY, which closes up by 28.5% of the cap height. The figures have different widths, so columns of numbers set in Ledger Sans will not line up exactly.

5 other library fonts share Ledger Sans's underlying letter structure. Compared with Ledger Sans, Corps Condensed Stencil adds military stencil bridges, sets 14% narrower and puts down 51% more ink. Cadet Stencil adds military stencil bridges, leans about 8° and sets 8% wider. Field Stencil adds military stencil bridges and puts down 35% more ink.