Speech Comic

Its x-height is 73.7% of the cap height, near the 73.3% typical of handwriting fonts in the library, taller than 12 of the 21 other handwriting fonts. Ascenders on b, d, h, k and l stop at 96.9% of the capital height, and descenders on g, j, p, q and y drop 26.3% of the cap height below the baseline, deeper than 11 of the 21 other handwriting fonts. Its letters are of average width for handwriting fonts: an average lowercase letter, spacing included, is 77.7% as wide as the capitals are tall (an average capital, 88.2%), within 3.9% of the median. The o is close to a circle, 1.03 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 2.7% above the baseline.

The letters stand upright, with no measurable slant. Vertical stems measure 18.2% of the cap height, heavier than 8 of the 11 other handwriting fonts. Ink covers 42.1% of each lowercase letter's box (its advance width by the cap height), darker than 17 of the 21 other handwriting fonts. Strokes keep one thickness in every direction: the sides of o and O measure the same as their tops and bottoms.

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 34.1% of the cap height, and the blank space either side of a lowercase letter takes up 12.3% of its width. Spacing is adjusted with 131 kerning pairs, more than 17 of the 21 other handwriting fonts. The tightest of them is AY, which closes up by 24.8% of the cap height. The figures have different widths, so columns of numbers set in Speech Comic will not line up exactly.

Speech Comic is drawn on the same letter structure as 8 other fonts in the library. Compared with Speech Comic, Zany Comic sets 9% narrower, puts down 16% less ink and has a 80% x-height. Caption Comic leans about 8°, sets 8% narrower and puts down 20% less ink. Inkpot Comic sets 8% narrower.