Swiftpen

The x-height is a compact 45.7% of the cap height, below the 48.4% median for script fonts, lower than 43 of the 53 other script fonts. Ascenders on b, d, h, k and l line up with the capitals (99.7% of their height), and descenders on g, j, p, q and y drop 53.2% of the cap height below the baseline, deeper than 48 of the 53 other script fonts. It sets narrow: an average lowercase letter, spacing included, is 59% as wide as the capitals are tall (an average capital, 105.4%), 8% less than the median for script fonts, so more words fit on a line. The o is wider than it is tall, 1.51 to 1, and M is the widest capital, at 1.05 times the width of H. The O tops out level with H and stands 0.5% above the baseline.

Ink covers 14.9% of each lowercase letter's box (its advance width by the cap height), lighter than 46 of the 53 other script fonts.

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 30.4% of the cap height, and lowercase letters reach 35.4% past their own widths into the space of their neighbours. Spacing is adjusted with 50 kerning pairs, more than 37 of the 53 other script fonts. The tightest of them is FA, which closes up by 27.7% of the cap height. The figures have different widths, so columns of numbers set in Swiftpen will not line up exactly.

Swiftpen is drawn on the same letter structure as 14 other fonts in the library. Compared with Swiftpen, Sailor Script sets 14% wider, puts down 159% more ink and has a 50% x-height. Monogram Hand sets 25% wider. Snowy Script adds caps of snow, puts down 213% more ink and has a 56% x-height.