Barlow
Barlow is one of 91 families offering all nine weights from Thin to Black, each with an italic. It carries true small capitals, a feature present in 179 of the 1,899 families. At its regular weight it looks lighter on the page than 91% of the sans serifs, by ink coverage.
| Measure, per 1,000 em | Barlow | Median of 732 sans serifs |
|---|---|---|
| Ascender (top of d) | 700 | 740 |
| Cap height (top of H) | 700 | 702 |
| x-height (top of x) | 506 | 519 |
| Descender (foot of p) | −194 | −213 |
| x-height ÷ cap height | 0.72 | 0.70 |
| Average lowercase width | 487 | 522 |
| Ink coverage, a–z | 35.8% | 40.2% |
Versions and companionsA shared designer and a shared name or matching measurements
| Version | Compared with Barlow | Added |
|---|---|---|
| Barlow Condensed | lowercase narrower by 106 | 2017 |
| Barlow Semi Condensed | lowercase narrower by 53 | 2017 |
Where it sitsEvery sans serif family is a dot
X-height across the 716 sans serifs with ascenders
Just below: Anta, 42dot Sans; just above: Lato, Kite One; level with: Barlow Condensed, Barlow Semi Condensed, Rambla
Average lowercase width across the 732 sans serifs
Just below: Atkinson Hyperlegible Next, Hermeneus One; just above: TikTok Sans, Khula; level with: Sofia Sans
Weights and styles
Static files from Thin to Black.
Scripts3 subsets · families sharing each
- Latin1,843
- Latin Extended1,525
- Vietnamese532
Inside the file
In the measured file: 694 glyphs and 525 mapped Unicode characters; 16 OpenType feature tags.
Declared features: capitals to small capitals, tabular figures, proportional figures, fractions, superscripts, ordinals and standard ligatures.
Measured neighboursClosest in proportion; differences per 1,000 em
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