Pretty Ribbon Round

The x-height is a compact 67.7% of the cap height, below the 76.2% median for display fonts, lower than 93 of the 97 other display fonts. Ascenders on b, d, h, k and l line up with the capitals (97.7% of their height), and descenders on g, j, p, q and y drop 21.4% of the cap height below the baseline, shallower than 71 of the 97 other display fonts. It sets narrow: an average lowercase letter, spacing included, is 75.6% as wide as the capitals are tall (an average capital, 86.7%), 15.4% less than the median for display fonts, so more words fit on a line. The o is close to a circle, 1.06 times as wide as it is tall, and W is the widest capital, at 1.16 times the width of H. Round letters overshoot: O rises 1.9% of the cap height above H and dips 1.1% below the baseline.

The letters stand upright, with no measurable slant. Vertical stems measure 22.8% of the cap height, heavier than 22 of the 43 other display fonts. Ink covers 44.6% of each lowercase letter's box (its advance width by the cap height), darker than 59 of the 97 other display fonts. The contrast is mild: the sides of o and O are 1.22 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 45.9% of the cap height, and the blank space either side of a lowercase letter takes up 13.3% 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 Pretty Ribbon Round will not line up exactly.