Ranch Spur

Its lowercase is tall: the x-height is 79.2% of the cap height, against a median of 74.5% for decorative fonts, taller than 31 of the 35 other decorative fonts. Ascenders on b, d, h, k and l rise 3.6% above the capitals, and descenders on g, j, p, q and y drop 24.9% of the cap height below the baseline, deeper than 19 of the 35 other decorative fonts. Ranch Spur runs 24.7% wider than the median for decorative fonts: an average lowercase letter, spacing included, is 95% as wide as the capitals are tall (an average capital, 107.3%). The o is close to a circle, 1.13 times as wide as it is tall, and W is the widest capital, at 1.33 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.

The letters stand upright, with no measurable slant. Vertical stems measure 17.1% of the cap height, heavier than 18 of the 22 other decorative fonts. Ink covers 42.2% of each lowercase letter's box (its advance width by the cap height), darker than 31 of the 35 other decorative fonts. Strokes keep one thickness in every direction: the sides of o and O measure the same as their tops and bottoms. Pointed spurs cross the middle of the straight strokes, in the Tuscan style.

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 37.1% of the cap height, and the blank space either side of a lowercase letter takes up 7.8% of its width. Spacing is adjusted with 272 kerning pairs, more than 30 of the 35 other decorative fonts. The tightest of them is VA, which closes up by 32.7% of the cap height. The figures have different widths, so columns of numbers set in Ranch Spur will not line up exactly.

10 other library fonts share Ranch Spur's underlying letter structure. Compared with Ranch Spur, Quarry Slab keeps the letters plain, without the Tuscan effect, sets 6% narrower and puts down 17% less ink. Beacon Slab keeps the letters plain, without the Tuscan effect, sets 6% wider and has a 75% x-height. Slime Slab adds paint drips.