Wanted Slab

With an x-height of 73% of the cap height, its lowercase stands above the 69.6% median for serif fonts, taller than 29 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 27.8% of the cap height below the baseline, shallower than 25 of the 39 other serif fonts. It sets narrow: an average lowercase letter, spacing included, is 71.6% as wide as the capitals are tall (an average capital, 87.6%), 16.6% less than the median for serif fonts, so more words fit on a line. The o is close to a circle, 0.92 times as wide as it is tall, and W is the widest capital, at 1.30 times the width of H. Round letters overshoot: O rises 2.9% of the cap height above H and dips 1.5% below the baseline.

The letters stand upright, with no measurable slant. Vertical stems measure 5.6% of the cap height, the lightest of all 36 serif fonts. Ink covers 39.3% of each lowercase letter's box (its advance width by the cap height), darker than 28 of the 39 other serif fonts. The contrast is reversed: the tops and bottoms of o and O are 2.4 times as thick as their sides.

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 33.5% of the cap height, and the blank space either side of a lowercase letter takes up 7.7% of its width. Spacing is adjusted with 272 kerning pairs, more than 30 of the 39 other serif fonts. The tightest of them is AY, which closes up by 29% of the cap height. The figures have different widths, so columns of numbers set in Wanted Slab will not line up exactly.

Wanted Slab is drawn on the same letter structure as 9 other fonts in the library. Compared with Wanted Slab, Memo Italic Mono leans about 9°, sets 20% wider and puts down 52% less ink. Banshee Slab adds paint drips and puts down 16% less ink. Carbon Typewriter sets 20% wider and puts down 48% less ink.