Serif Editorial High

With an x-height of 73.8% of the cap height, its lowercase stands above the 69.6% median for serif fonts, taller than 30 of the 39 other serif fonts. Ascenders on b, d, h, k and l rise 13.5% above the capitals, and descenders on g, j, p, q and y drop 22.3% of the cap height below the baseline, shallower than 38 of the 39 other serif fonts. It sets narrow: an average lowercase letter, spacing included, is 76.5% as wide as the capitals are tall (an average capital, 83.2%), 10.9% less than the median for serif fonts, so more words fit on a line. The o is close to a circle, 0.93 times as wide as it is tall, and R is the widest capital, at 1.04 times the width of H. The O stops 1.4% of the cap height short of H and dips 1.1% below the baseline.

Vertical stems measure 17.2% of the cap height, heavier than 21 of the 35 other serif fonts. Ink covers 31.1% of each lowercase letter's box (its advance width by the cap height), lighter than 21 of the 39 other serif fonts. Strokes change thickness with direction: the sides of o and O are 11.4 times as thick as their tops and bottoms.

Its 95 characters include 52 Latin letters, plus 43 figures, punctuation marks and symbols; there are no accented Latin letters beyond A to Z. The word space measures 46% of the cap height, and the blank space either side of a lowercase letter takes up 13% 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 Serif Editorial High will not line up exactly.