Vogue Italic

Vogue Italic's lowercase x reaches 67.7% of the capital height, close to the 69.6% median for serif fonts, lower than 32 of the 39 other serif 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 32.1% of the cap height below the baseline, deeper than 34 of the 39 other serif fonts. Its letters are of average width for serif fonts: an average lowercase letter, spacing included, is 85.8% as wide as the capitals are tall (an average capital, 101.8%), within 0.1% of the median. The o is close to a circle, 1.04 times as wide as it is tall, and M is the widest capital, at 1.07 times the width of H. The O stops 0.6% of the cap height short of H and sits on the baseline.

The letters lean about 15° to the right, where most serif fonts in the library stand upright. Vertical stems measure 13.3% of the cap height, lighter than 24 of the 35 other serif fonts. Ink covers 20.6% of each lowercase letter's box (its advance width by the cap height), lighter than 37 of the 39 other serif 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 32.3% of the cap height, and the blank space either side of a lowercase letter takes up 4.7% of its width. Spacing is adjusted with 11 kerning pairs, fewer than 31 of the 39 other serif fonts. The tightest of them is VA, which closes up by 24.3% of the cap height. The figures have different widths, so columns of numbers set in Vogue Italic will not line up exactly.

4 other library fonts share Vogue Italic's underlying letter structure. Compared with Vogue Italic, Couture Italic puts down 17% more ink. Parlour Italic Shadow adds a separate drop shadow and puts down 51% more ink. Quest Italic sets 6% wider and puts down 30% more ink.