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Akatab

Of the 1,899 families measured here, Akatab has the third-largest number of OpenType features. It is one of only four families in the library that cover Tifinagh.

Outlines drawn from the Akatab-Regular file at weight 400. The dashed line is the median x-height of the sans serifs.

Measure, per 1,000 em	Akatab	Median of 732 sans serifs
Ascender (top of d)	735	740
Cap height (top of H)	677	702
x-height (top of x)	500	519
Descender (foot of p)	−213	−213
x-height ÷ cap height	0.74	0.70
Average lowercase width	486	522
Ink coverage, a–z	39.0%	40.2%

Where it sitsEvery sans serif family is a dot

X-height across the 716 sans serifs with ascenders

294672

Just below: Commissioner, Bai Jamjuree; just above: Abel, Advent Pro; level with: Pontano Sans, Tirra

Average lowercase width across the 732 sans serifs

1831,319

Just below: Hind, Hind Colombo; just above: Inria Sans, Atkinson Hyperlegible Next; level with: Tirra

Weights and styles

Static files in six weights (Regular, Medium, SemiBold, Bold, ExtraBold and Black), with no italic; 6 font files in all.

Scripts3 subsets · families sharing each

Inside the file

In the measured file: 425 Unicode characters are mapped.

Declared features: standard ligatures, contextual alternates and 18 stylistic sets.

Measured neighboursClosest in proportion; differences per 1,000 em

Tirraequal x-height, same width Inria Sansshorter x-height, same width Titillium Webequal x-height, narrower Sunflowerequal x-height, narrower Kedebideriequal x-height, narrower Merge Oneshorter x-height, wider

Outside the sans serif class

Cairoequal x-height, narrower Almendrashorter x-height, narrower Karmashorter x-height, wider

Rank every family against Akatab

Same designer

SIL International is credited on 26 other families in the library, from Andika (2011) to BJCree (2026); the closest of them in x-height and width is Tirra.