Stencil Cargo

Its lowercase sits low: the x-height is 71.5% of the cap height, where the median for stencil fonts is 74.2%, lower than 10 of the 14 other stencil fonts. Ascenders on b, d, h, k and l line up with the capitals (100% of their height), and descenders on g, j, p, q and y drop 28.5% of the cap height below the baseline, deeper than 9 of the 14 other stencil fonts. Stencil Cargo runs 19% wider than the median for stencil fonts: an average lowercase letter, spacing included, is 97.8% as wide as the capitals are tall (an average capital, 97.8%). The o is close to a circle, 1.02 times as wide as it is tall, and every capital has the same width. O stands exactly as tall as H and sits on the baseline, with no overshoot.

The letters stand upright, with no measurable slant. Vertical stems measure 14.5% of the cap height, heavier than 7 of the 14 other stencil fonts. Ink covers 29.4% of each lowercase letter's box (its advance width by the cap height), lighter than 9 of the 14 other stencil fonts. Strokes keep one thickness in every direction: the sides of o and O measure the same as their tops and bottoms.

Its 159 characters include 116 Latin letters, plus 43 figures, punctuation marks and symbols; 64 of the Latin letters are accented or special forms beyond A to Z. The word space measures 46.9% of the cap height, and the blank space either side of a lowercase letter takes up 29.7% of its width. The font carries no kerning, so spacing comes from each letter’s own side bearings. All ten figures share one width, so columns of numbers line up.