Parlor Serif

Its x-height is 71.4% of the cap height, near the 69.5% typical of serif fonts in the library, taller than 34 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 29.5% of the cap height below the baseline, deeper than 28 of the 50 other serif fonts. It sets wide: an average lowercase letter, spacing included, is 92.4% as wide as the capitals are tall (an average capital, 112.1%), 11.1% more than the median for serif fonts, so the same words take a longer line. The o is close to a circle, 0.98 times as wide as it is tall, and M is the widest capital, at 1.03 times the width of H. Round letters overshoot: O rises 0.7% of the cap height above H and dips 0.8% below the baseline.

The letters lean roughly 15° to the right, where most serif fonts in the library stand upright. Vertical stems measure 16.4% of the cap height, heavier than 24 of the 44 other serif fonts. Ink covers 36.1% of each lowercase letter's box (its advance width by the cap height), darker than 33 of the 50 other serif fonts. The contrast is mild: the sides of o and O are 1.15 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 35.5% of the cap height, and the blank space either side of a lowercase letter takes up 5.7% of its width. Spacing is adjusted with 62 kerning pairs, fewer than 27 of the 50 other serif fonts. The tightest of them is VA, which closes up by 28.6% of the cap height. The figures have different widths, so columns of numbers set in Parlor Serif will not line up exactly.

Parlor Serif is drawn on the same letter structure as one other font in the library. Compared with Parlor Serif, Chronicle Italic Nib puts down 24% less ink.