Castoro
The library lists Castoro together with nine more families that share a designer with it and either its name or its measurements, one of the nine largest such groups. It carries true small capitals, a feature present in 179 of the 1,899 families.
| Measure, per 1,000 em | Castoro | Median of 354 serifs |
|---|---|---|
| Ascender (top of d) | 755 | 747 |
| Cap height (top of H) | 701 | 700 |
| x-height (top of x) | 477 | 482 |
| Descender (foot of p) | −246 | −233 |
| x-height ÷ cap height | 0.68 | 0.70 |
| Average lowercase width | 512 | 514 |
| Ink coverage, a–z | 46.6% | 41.5% |
Versions and companionsA shared designer and a shared name or matching measurements
| Version | Compared with Castoro | Added |
|---|---|---|
| Castoro Titling | no ascenders (capital forms on the lowercase keys); lowercase wider by 182; static files only | 2023 |
| Tiro Bangla | adds Bengali; static files only | 2022 |
| Tiro Devanagari Hindi | adds Devanagari; static files only | 2022 |
| Tiro Devanagari Marathi | adds Devanagari; static files only | 2022 |
| Tiro Devanagari Sanskrit | adds Devanagari; static files only | 2022 |
| Tiro Gurmukhi | adds Gurmukhi; static files only | 2022 |
| Tiro Kannada | adds Kannada; static files only | 2022 |
| Tiro Tamil | adds Tamil; static files only | 2022 |
| Tiro Telugu | adds Telugu; static files only | 2022 |
Where it sitsEvery serif family is a dot
X-height across the 336 serifs with ascenders
Just below: Source Serif 4, Cactus Classical Serif; just above: Batang, BatangChe; level with: Tiro Bangla, Tiro Devanagari Hindi, Tiro Devanagari Marathi
Average lowercase width across the 354 serifs
Just below: Cambo, Caudex; just above: Odor Mean Chey, Jomolhari
Weights and styles
One variable file per style covers every weight from 400 to 700, with a matching italic; four of the nine standard steps fall inside that range.
| Axis | Tag | Range | In the library |
|---|---|---|---|
| Weight | wght | 400 to 700 | 545 families |
Scripts2 subsets · families sharing each
- Latin1,843
- Latin Extended1,525
Inside the file
In the measured file: 903 glyphs and 492 mapped Unicode characters; 13 OpenType feature tags.
Declared features: capitals to small capitals, lining figures, fractions, superscripts, subscripts, standard ligatures and case-sensitive forms.
Measured neighboursClosest in proportion; differences per 1,000 em
Same designer
Tiro Typeworks is also credited on STIX Two Math and STIX Two Text. John Hudson is credited on 4 other families in the library, from Slabo 13px (2014) to STIX Two Text (2021); the closest of them in x-height and width is STIX Two Math. Paul Hanslow is also credited on STIX Two Math and STIX Two Text.
File: ofl/castoro, google/fonts 9862abc · font software © its authors, SIL Open Font License 1.1 · method