Plaza Sans

With an x-height of 73.9% of the cap height, its lowercase stands above the 71.1% median for sans serif fonts, taller than 10 of the 16 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 27.4% of the cap height below the baseline, shallower than 13 of the 16 other sans serif fonts. It sets narrow: an average lowercase letter, spacing included, is 76.4% as wide as the capitals are tall (an average capital, 88.4%), 21.3% less than the median for sans serif fonts, so more words fit on a line. The o is close to a circle, 1.05 times as wide as it is tall, and W is the widest capital, at 1.31 times the width of H. Round letters overshoot: O rises 1.3% of the cap height above H and dips 1.3% below the baseline.

The letters stand upright, with no measurable slant. Vertical stems measure 8.6% of the cap height, lighter than 10 of the 16 other sans serif fonts. Ink covers 24% of each lowercase letter's box (its advance width by the cap height), darker than 12 of the 16 other sans serif fonts. Strokes keep one thickness in every direction: the sides of o and O measure the same as their tops and bottoms.

Its 2,575 characters include 2,401 Korean Hangul and 105 Latin letters, plus 69 figures, punctuation marks and symbols; 53 of the Latin letters are accented or special forms beyond A to Z. The word space measures 34.4% of the cap height, and the blank space either side of a lowercase letter takes up 14% of its width. Spacing is adjusted with 145 kerning pairs, more than 14 of the 16 other sans serif fonts. The tightest of them is AY, which closes up by 23.6% of the cap height. The figures have different widths, so columns of numbers set in Plaza Sans will not line up exactly.

Plaza Sans is drawn on the same letter structure as 19 other fonts in the library. Compared with Plaza Sans, Terrace Deco sets 17% wider, puts down 25% more ink and has a 60% x-height. Goo Sans adds paint drips, sets 12% wider and puts down 58% more ink. Lite Stencil adds military stencil bridges and puts down 15% more ink.