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Tart Workshop

Tart Workshop is credited on six families in the library. The first was added in 2010 and the latest in 2012. By class: three display faces, three handwriting faces.

The familiesIn order of addition, each name set in its own outlines

Mountains of ChristmasDisplay · 2010 · weights 400–700 (2)
Crafty GirlsHandwriting · 2011 · weights 400
Fredericka the GreatDisplay · 2011 · weights 400
Chelsea MarketDisplay · 2012 · weights 400
Butterfly KidsHandwriting · 2012 · weights 400
Princess SofiaHandwriting · 2012 · weights 400

Range of the work

The lowercase runs from Butterfly Kids, the shortest at 319 units per 1,000 em, to Chelsea Market at 585. In width, Butterfly Kids is the narrowest (322) and Chelsea Market the widest (573). Measured against the medians of their own classes, three of the six families with ascenders have a taller x-height, two of all six set a wider lowercase and two a darker one.

Against the class medianDifferences from the median of each family’s class, per 1,000 em; ink in percentage points

FamilyClassx-heightWidthInkWeightsSubsets
Chelsea MarketDisplay+78+67+2 pts4002
Crafty GirlsHandwriting+63+136−11 pts4001
Mountains of ChristmasDisplay+45−100−17 pts400–700 (2)1
Fredericka the GreatDisplay−8−14−14 pts4002
Princess SofiaHandwriting−44−46+8 pts4002
Butterfly KidsHandwriting−126−96−11 pts4002