Slime Slab

Its lowercase is tall: the x-height is 78.5% of the cap height, against a median of 74.5% for decorative fonts, taller than 28 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 25.3% of the cap height below the baseline, deeper than 20 of the 35 other decorative fonts. Slime Slab runs 21.8% wider than the median for decorative fonts: an average lowercase letter, spacing included, is 92.8% as wide as the capitals are tall (an average capital, 105.4%). The o is an upright oval, 0.91 times as wide as it is tall, and W is the widest capital, at 1.35 times the width of H. Round letters overshoot: O rises 1.1% of the cap height above H and dips 16.7% below the baseline.

The letters stand upright, with no measurable slant. Vertical stems measure 15.7% of the cap height, heavier than 11 of the 22 other decorative fonts. Ink covers 40.9% of each lowercase letter's box (its advance width by the cap height), darker than 28 of the 35 other decorative fonts. The contrast is reversed: the tops and bottoms of o and O are 1.4 times as thick as their sides. Paint drips hang from the undersides of the strokes.

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 36.7% of the cap height, and the blank space either side of a lowercase letter takes up 7.3% 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 32.3% of the cap height. The figures have different widths, so columns of numbers set in Slime Slab will not line up exactly.

10 other library fonts share Slime Slab's underlying letter structure. Compared with Slime Slab, Beacon Slab keeps the letters plain, without the drip effect and sets 9% wider. Dispatch Italic keeps the letters plain, without the drip effect, sets 7% narrower and puts down 39% less ink. Anvil Slab 3D adds a 3D extrusion.