Radio Deco

Its lowercase is tall: the x-height is 81.4% of the cap height, against a median of 76.2% for display fonts, taller than 87 of the 97 other display fonts. Ascenders on b, d, h, k and l rise 3.3% above the capitals, and descenders on g, j, p, q and y drop 23.1% of the cap height below the baseline, shallower than 56 of the 97 other display fonts. Its letters are of average width for display fonts: an average lowercase letter, spacing included, is 86.7% as wide as the capitals are tall (an average capital, 95.7%), within 3% of the median. The o is close to a circle, 1.00 times as wide as it is tall, and W is the widest capital, at 1.20 times the width of H. Round letters overshoot: O rises 1.1% of the cap height above H and dips 1.1% below the baseline.

Ink covers 41.2% of each lowercase letter's box (its advance width by the cap height), lighter than 50 of the 97 other display fonts. A thin line is cut along the middle of every stroke.

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 33.4% of the cap height, and the blank space either side of a lowercase letter takes up 17.4% of its width. Spacing is adjusted with 71 kerning pairs, fewer than 51 of the 97 other display fonts. The tightest of them is AY, which closes up by 14.3% of the cap height. The figures have different widths, so columns of numbers set in Radio Deco will not line up exactly.

19 other library fonts share Radio Deco's underlying letter structure. Compared with Radio Deco, Giggle Sans keeps the letters plain, without the inline effect. Orb Pixel rebuilds the letters on a pixel grid, sets 6% narrower and puts down 17% less ink. Terrace Deco keeps the letters plain, without the inline effect, puts down 27% less ink and has a 60% x-height.