Velvet Cursive

Its x-height is 48.5% of the cap height, near the 48.4% typical of script fonts in the library, taller than 27 of the 53 other script fonts. Ascenders on b, d, h, k and l line up with the capitals (99.3% of their height), and descenders on g, j, p, q and y drop 49.8% of the cap height below the baseline, shallower than 29 of the 53 other script fonts. Its letters are of average width for script fonts: an average lowercase letter, spacing included, is 64.1% as wide as the capitals are tall (an average capital, 104.4%), within 0% of the median. The o is wider than it is tall, 1.58 to 1, and M is the widest capital, at 1.31 times the width of H. The O tops out level with H and stands 0.6% above the baseline.

Ink covers 32% of each lowercase letter's box (its advance width by the cap height), darker than 39 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 34.3% of the cap height, and lowercase letters reach 23.9% past their own widths into the space of their neighbours. Spacing is adjusted with 46 kerning pairs, more than 30 of the 53 other script fonts. The tightest of them is TA, which closes up by 27.2% of the cap height. The figures have different widths, so columns of numbers set in Velvet Cursive will not line up exactly.

Velvet Cursive is drawn on the same letter structure as 14 other fonts in the library. Compared with Velvet Cursive, Swiftpen sets 8% narrower and puts down 53% less ink. Heartline Outline draws the letters as hollow outlines and puts down 38% less ink. Sailor Script puts down 21% more ink.