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Chiron Hei HK

Of the 1,899 families measured here, Chiron Hei HK has the largest number of OpenType features and the second-largest glyph set. Among the 732 sans serifs, it has the fourth-largest number of stylistic sets. It carries true small capitals, a feature present in 179 of the 1,899 families.

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

Measure, per 1,000 em	Chiron Hei HK	Median of 732 sans serifs
Ascender (top of d)	777	740
Cap height (top of H)	715	702
x-height (top of x)	526	519
Descender (foot of p)	−237	−213
x-height ÷ cap height	0.74	0.70
Average lowercase width	527	522
Ink coverage, a–z	41.9%	40.2%

Versions and companionsA shared designer and a shared name or matching measurements

Version	Compared with Chiron Hei HK	Added
Chiron GoRound TC	x-height shorter by 32	2025

Where it sitsEvery sans serif family is a dot

X-height across the 716 sans serifs with ascenders

294672

Just below: Archivo, Archivo Narrow; just above: Candal, Fira Sans; level with: Kosugi

Average lowercase width across the 732 sans serifs

1831,319

Just below: DM Sans, Mona Sans; just above: Onest, Comme

Weights and styles

One variable file per style covers every weight from 200 to 900, with a matching italic; eight of the nine standard steps fall inside that range.

Axis	Tag	Range	In the library
Weight	wght	200 to 900	545 families

Scripts9 subsets · families sharing each

Inside the file

In the measured file: 47,623 Unicode characters are mapped.

Declared features: capitals to small capitals, old-style figures, proportional figures, fractions, superscripts, subscripts, ordinals, standard ligatures, discretionary ligatures, contextual alternates, stylistic alternates, slashed zero and case-sensitive forms.

Measured neighboursClosest in proportion; differences per 1,000 em

Noto Musictaller x-height, wider Noto Sans Adlamtaller x-height, wider Noto Sans Adlam Unjoinedtaller x-height, wider Noto Sans Anatolian Hieroglyphstaller x-height, wider Noto Sans Avestantaller x-height, wider Noto Sans Balinesetaller x-height, wider

Outside the sans serif class

Noto Naskh Arabictaller x-height, wider Noto Nastaliq Urdutaller x-height, wider Noto Rashi Hebrewtaller x-height, wider

Rank every family against Chiron Hei HK

Same designer

Tamcy is also credited on Chiron Sung HK.