Pinched Counter Grotesk

Its x-height is 71.8% of the cap height, near the 72.9% typical of sans serif fonts in the library, lower than 62 of the 105 other sans serif fonts. Ascenders on b, d, h, k and l rise 3.9% above the capitals, and descenders on g, j, p, q and y drop 28.9% of the cap height below the baseline, deeper than 68 of the 105 other sans serif fonts. Its letters are of average width for sans serif fonts: an average lowercase letter, spacing included, is 74.8% as wide as the capitals are tall (an average capital, 87.2%), within 3.3% of the median. The o is close to a circle, 0.93 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 2% of the cap height above H and dips 1.1% below the baseline.

The letters stand upright, with no measurable slant. Vertical stems measure 19.6% of the cap height, heavier than 69 of the 74 other sans serif fonts. Ink covers 45.9% of each lowercase letter's box (its advance width by the cap height), darker than 90 of the 105 other sans serif fonts. Strokes change thickness with direction: the sides of o and O are 1.6 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 46% of the cap height, and the blank space either side of a lowercase letter takes up 14.4% of its width. The font carries no kerning, so spacing comes from each letter’s own side bearings. The figures have different widths, so columns of numbers set in Pinched Counter Grotesk will not line up exactly.