Patric King
Patric King is credited on 16 families in the library. The first was added in 2019 and the latest in 2025. By class: 15 display faces, one sans serif. Of these, 15 are variable fonts. The most frequent co-credit is The DocRepair Project, on 1 family.
The familiesIn order of addition, each name set in its own outlines
Big Shoulders DisplayDisplay · 2019 · weights 100–900
Big Shoulders TextDisplay · 2019 · weights 100–900
Big Shoulders Inline DisplayDisplay · 2020 · weights 100–900
Big Shoulders Inline TextDisplay · 2020 · weights 100–900
Big Shoulders Stencil DisplayDisplay · 2020 · weights 100–900
Big Shoulders Stencil TextDisplay · 2020 · weights 100–900
AgdasimaSans serif · 2023 · weights 400–700 (2)
Big Shoulders Display SCDisplay · 2024 · weights 100–900
Big Shoulders Inline Display SCDisplay · 2024 · weights 100–900
Big Shoulders Inline Text SCDisplay · 2024 · weights 100–900
Big Shoulders Stencil Display SCDisplay · 2024 · weights 100–900
Big Shoulders Stencil Text SCDisplay · 2024 · weights 100–900
Big Shoulders Text SCDisplay · 2024 · weights 100–900
Big ShouldersDisplay · 2025 · weights 100–900Big Shoulders InlineDisplay · 2025 · weights 100–900
Big Shoulders StencilDisplay · 2025 · weights 100–900
Range of the work
The lowercase runs from Agdasima, the shortest at 475 units per 1,000 em, to Big Shoulders Text SC at 600. In width, Big Shoulders Display is the narrowest (327) and Big Shoulders Inline Text SC the widest (376). Beyond Latin, the families cover one subset: Vietnamese. Measured against the medians of their own classes, 15 of the 16 families with ascenders have a taller x-height, none of all 16 set a wider lowercase and one a darker one.
Against the class medianDifferences from the median of each family’s class, per 1,000 em; ink in percentage points
| Family | Class | x-height | Width | Ink | Weights | Subsets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Big Shoulders | Display | +93 | −170 | −3 pts | 100–900 | 3 |
| Big Shoulders Display | Display | +93 | −179 | −6 pts | 100–900 | 3 |
| Big Shoulders Display SC | Display | +93 | −170 | −3 pts | 100–900 | 3 |
| Big Shoulders Inline | Display | +93 | −167 | −21 pts | 100–900 | 3 |
| Big Shoulders Inline Display | Display | +93 | −177 | −22 pts | 100–900 | 3 |
| Big Shoulders Inline Display SC | Display | +93 | −167 | −21 pts | 100–900 | 3 |
| Big Shoulders Inline Text | Display | +93 | −138 | −20 pts | 100–900 | 3 |
| Big Shoulders Inline Text SC | Display | +93 | −130 | −19 pts | 100–900 | 3 |
| Big Shoulders Stencil | Display | +93 | −169 | −5 pts | 100–900 | 3 |
| Big Shoulders Stencil Display | Display | +93 | −178 | −8 pts | 100–900 | 3 |
| Big Shoulders Stencil Display SC | Display | +93 | −169 | −5 pts | 100–900 | 3 |
| Big Shoulders Stencil Text | Display | +93 | −138 | −4 pts | 100–900 | 3 |
| Big Shoulders Stencil Text SC | Display | +93 | −130 | −2 pts | 100–900 | 3 |
| Big Shoulders Text | Display | +93 | −139 | −2 pts | 100–900 | 3 |
| Big Shoulders Text SC | Display | +93 | −131 | ±0 pts | 100–900 | 3 |
| Agdasima | Sans serif | −44 | −176 | +2 pts | 400–700 (2) | 2 |