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Alkatra

Alkatra covers scripts that few others in the library reach: Odia (six families) and Bengali (eleven families). Its regular file holds 1,824 glyphs, 4.3 times the median of the display faces (423).

Outlines drawn from the Alkatra file at weight 400. The dashed line is the median x-height of the display faces.

Measure, per 1,000 em	Alkatra	Median of 472 display faces
Ascender (top of d)	696	726
Cap height (top of H)	695	701
x-height (top of x)	491	507
Descender (foot of p)	−219	−208
x-height ÷ cap height	0.71	0.70
Average lowercase width	472	506
Ink coverage, a–z	57.3%	48.7%

Where it sitsEvery display family is a dot

X-height across the 406 display faces with ascenders

283870

Just below: Redaction 70, Concert One; just above: Sarina, Amarante

Average lowercase width across the 472 display faces

2161,293

Just below: Almendra Display, Girassol; just above: Risque, Cairo

Weights and styles

One variable file per style covers every weight from 400 to 700, with no italic; four of the nine standard steps fall inside that range.

Axis	Tag	Range	In the library
Weight	wght	400 to 700	545 families

Scripts5 subsets · families sharing each

Inside the file

In the measured file: 698 Unicode characters are mapped.

Declared features: fractions, superscripts, ordinals, standard ligatures, discretionary ligatures and slashed zero.

Measured neighboursClosest in proportion; differences per 1,000 em

Dangrekshorter x-height, wider Concert Oneshorter x-height, wider Gabaritoshorter x-height, wider Keania Onetaller x-height, wider Bubblegum Sansshorter x-height, narrower Salsataller x-height, wider

Outside the display class

Juashorter x-height, wider Palanquin Darkshorter x-height, wider Amaranthtaller x-height, wider

Rank every family against Alkatra

Same designer

Suman Bhandary is also credited on Mina.