Station Slab

Its lowercase is tall: the x-height is 77.9% of the cap height, against a median of 69.6% for serif fonts, taller than 36 of the 39 other serif fonts. Ascenders on b, d, h, k and l rise 3.7% above the capitals, and descenders on g, j, p, q and y drop 25.7% of the cap height below the baseline, shallower than 32 of the 39 other serif fonts. Station Slab runs 18.9% wider than the median for serif fonts: an average lowercase letter, spacing included, is 102.1% as wide as the capitals are tall (an average capital, 114.8%). The o is wider than it is tall, 1.19 to 1, and W is the widest capital, at 1.39 times the width of H. Round letters overshoot: O rises 1.3% of the cap height above H and dips 1.3% below the baseline.

The letters stand upright, with no measurable slant. Vertical stems measure 14.3% of the cap height, lighter than 20 of the 35 other serif fonts. Ink covers 37.3% of each lowercase letter's box (its advance width by the cap height), darker than 25 of the 39 other serif 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 39% of the cap height, and the blank space either side of a lowercase letter takes up 8.2% of its width. Spacing is adjusted with 202 kerning pairs, more than 22 of the 39 other serif fonts. The tightest of them is VA, which closes up by 34.6% of the cap height. The figures have different widths, so columns of numbers set in Station Slab will not line up exactly.

8 other library fonts share Station Slab's underlying letter structure. Compared with Station Slab, Chrome Inline Slab cuts a thin line along each stroke and puts down 17% more ink. Pulse Slab Stripes cuts horizontal stripes through the letters and sets 7% wider. Jersey Slab rings each letter with an outline and puts down 25% more ink.