Pointe Italic

Its x-height is 68% of the cap height, near the 69.6% typical of serif fonts in the library, lower than 31 of the 39 other serif fonts. Ascenders on b, d, h, k and l line up with the capitals (99.9% of their height), and descenders on g, j, p, q and y drop 30.7% of the cap height below the baseline, deeper than 26 of the 39 other serif fonts. Its letters are of average width for serif fonts: an average lowercase letter, spacing included, is 86.5% as wide as the capitals are tall (an average capital, 103.1%), within 0.7% of the median. The o is close to a circle, 1.06 times as wide as it is tall, and M is the widest capital, at 1.07 times the width of H. The O stops 1.5% of the cap height short of H and stands 0.6% above the baseline.

The letters lean about 16° to the right, where most serif fonts in the library stand upright. Vertical stems measure 14.6% of the cap height, lighter than 19 of the 35 other serif fonts. Ink covers 20.4% of each lowercase letter's box (its advance width by the cap height), lighter than 38 of the 39 other serif 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 33.7% of the cap height, and the blank space either side of a lowercase letter takes up 5% of its width. Spacing is adjusted with 12 kerning pairs, fewer than 29 of the 39 other serif fonts. The tightest of them is YA, which closes up by 24.9% of the cap height. The figures have different widths, so columns of numbers set in Pointe Italic will not line up exactly.

Pointe Italic is drawn on the same letter structure as 4 other fonts in the library. Compared with Pointe Italic, Quest Italic puts down 31% more ink. Parlour Italic Shadow adds a separate drop shadow and puts down 52% more ink. Couture Italic puts down 18% more ink.