Parlor Hand

Its x-height is 48.3% of the cap height, near the 48.4% typical of script fonts in the library, lower than 29 of the 53 other script fonts. Ascenders on b, d, h, k and l line up with the capitals (99.6% of their height), and descenders on g, j, p, q and y drop 53.4% of the cap height below the baseline, deeper than 50 of the 53 other script fonts. It sets wide: an average lowercase letter, spacing included, is 70.8% as wide as the capitals are tall (an average capital, 113.7%), 10.5% more than the median for script fonts, so the same words take a longer line. The o is wider than it is tall, 1.81 to 1, and M is the widest capital, at 1.24 times the width of H. The O tops out level with H and stands 0.8% above the baseline.

Ink covers 24% of each lowercase letter's box (its advance width by the cap height), lighter than 30 of the 53 other script 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 39.1% of the cap height, and lowercase letters reach 20.4% past their own widths into the space of their neighbours. Spacing is adjusted with 52 kerning pairs, more than 40 of the 53 other script fonts. The tightest of them is TA, which closes up by 28.6% of the cap height. The figures have different widths, so columns of numbers set in Parlor Hand will not line up exactly.

Parlor Hand is drawn on the same letter structure as 14 other fonts in the library. Compared with Parlor Hand, Ribbon Nib Script sets 10% narrower. Monogram Hand puts down 44% less ink. Dugout Script rings each letter with an outline, sets 19% narrower and puts down 130% more ink.