Sidekick Outline

Its x-height is 74.9% of the cap height, near the 73.3% typical of handwriting fonts in the library, taller than 17 of the 21 other handwriting fonts. Ascenders on b, d, h, k and l stop at 97% of the capital height, and descenders on g, j, p, q and y drop 25% of the cap height below the baseline, shallower than 14 of the 21 other handwriting fonts. It sets wide: an average lowercase letter, spacing included, is 80.5% as wide as the capitals are tall (an average capital, 90.4%), 7.6% more than the median for handwriting fonts, so the same words take a longer line. The o is close to a circle, 1.04 times as wide as it is tall, and W is the widest capital, at 1.08 times the width of H. The O tops out level with H and stands 2.6% above the baseline.

Ink covers 13.4% of each lowercase letter's box (its advance width by the cap height), level with the lightest of the 22 handwriting fonts. The letters are hollow: every stroke is drawn as a thin outline band.

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 12.4% of its width. Spacing is adjusted with 114 kerning pairs, more than 14 of the 21 other handwriting fonts. The tightest of them is AY, which closes up by 22.9% of the cap height. The figures have different widths, so columns of numbers set in Sidekick Outline will not line up exactly.

Sidekick Outline is drawn on the same letter structure as 8 other fonts in the library. Compared with Sidekick Outline, Caption Comic keeps the letters plain, without the outline effect, sets 11% narrower and puts down 151% more ink. Kapow 3D adds a 3D extrusion and puts down 221% more ink. Inkpot Comic keeps the letters plain, without the outline effect, sets 11% narrower and puts down 175% more ink.