Marquise Roman

Marquise Roman's lowercase x reaches 69.4% of the capital height, close to the 69.5% median for serif fonts, lower than 27 of the 50 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 28.6% of the cap height below the baseline, shallower than 31 of the 50 other serif fonts. Marquise Roman runs 8.1% narrower than the median for serif fonts: an average lowercase letter, spacing included, is 76.5% as wide as the capitals are tall (an average capital, 85.1%). The o is close to a circle, 1.08 times as wide as it is tall, and M and W are the widest capitals, at 1.10 times the width of H. The O stops 2.6% of the cap height short of H and stands 3.1% above the baseline.

The letters stand upright, with no measurable slant. Vertical stems measure 14.9% of the cap height, lighter than 24 of the 44 other serif fonts. Ink covers 24.5% of each lowercase letter's box (its advance width by the cap height), lighter than 38 of the 50 other serif fonts.

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 32.6% of the cap height, and the blank space either side of a lowercase letter takes up 5.5% of its width. Spacing is adjusted with 227 kerning pairs, more than 33 of the 50 other serif fonts. The tightest of them is VA, which closes up by 24.6% of the cap height. The figures have different widths, so columns of numbers set in Marquise Roman will not line up exactly.

5 other library fonts share Marquise Roman's underlying letter structure. Compared with Marquise Roman, Regal Inline cuts a thin line along each stroke and puts down 33% less ink. Herald Nib Roman sets 9% wider and puts down 26% more ink. Crypt Roman adds paint drips and sets 7% narrower.