Telegram Typewriter

Telegram Typewriter's lowercase x reaches 70.4% of the capital height, close to the 70.2% median for monospace fonts, taller than 13 of the 22 other monospace 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 31.6% of the cap height below the baseline, the deepest of all 23 monospace fonts. Its letters are of average width for monospace fonts: an average lowercase letter, spacing included, is 86% as wide as the capitals are tall (an average capital, 86%), within 0% of the median. The o is close to a circle, 0.99 times as wide as it is tall, and every capital has the same width. Round letters overshoot: O rises 3.3% of the cap height above H and dips 1.7% below the baseline.

The letters stand upright, with no measurable slant. Vertical stems measure 7.2% of the cap height, the lightest of all 19 monospace fonts. Ink covers 17.6% of each lowercase letter's box (its advance width by the cap height), lighter than 21 of the 22 other monospace 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 86% of the cap height, and the blank space either side of a lowercase letter takes up 28.9% 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.

10 other library fonts share Telegram Typewriter's underlying letter structure. Compared with Telegram Typewriter, Timber Slab sets 19% narrower, puts down 146% more ink and has a 75% x-height. Banshee Slab adds paint drips, sets 17% narrower and puts down 87% more ink. Harbor Slab sets 10% narrower and puts down 82% more ink.