Newsreel Serif

Newsreel Serif's lowercase x reaches 71.1% of the capital height, close to the 69.6% median for serif fonts, taller than 25 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 29.2% of the cap height below the baseline, deeper than 20 of the 39 other serif fonts. Its letters are of average width for serif fonts: an average lowercase letter, spacing included, is 88.6% as wide as the capitals are tall (an average capital, 98.5%), within 3.1% 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 1.08 times the width of H. The O rises 1.1% of the cap height above H and sits on the baseline.

The letters stand upright, with no measurable slant. Vertical stems measure 18% of the cap height, heavier than 25 of the 35 other serif fonts. Ink covers 40.1% of each lowercase letter's box (its advance width by the cap height), darker than 29 of the 39 other serif fonts. The contrast is mild: the sides of o and O are 1.32 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 35.9% of the cap height, and the blank space either side of a lowercase letter takes up 7.1% of its width. Spacing is adjusted with 272 kerning pairs, more than 30 of the 39 other serif fonts. The tightest of them is VA, which closes up by 29% of the cap height. The figures have different widths, so columns of numbers set in Newsreel Serif will not line up exactly.

13 other library fonts share Newsreel Serif's underlying letter structure. Compared with Newsreel Serif, Salon Didone sets 18% narrower, puts down 45% less ink and adds Greek, Filipino, Malay and 3 more languages. Bookface 3D adds a 3D extrusion and adds Arabic, Greek, Filipino and 7 more languages. Tuscan Roman adds Tuscan spurs and sets 10% narrower.