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Encode Sans

The library lists Encode Sans together with five more families that share a designer with it and either its name or its measurements. It carries true small capitals, a feature present in 179 of the 1,899 families.

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

Measure, per 1,000 em	Encode Sans	Median of 732 sans serifs
Ascender (top of d)	808	740
Cap height (top of H)	740	702
x-height (top of x)	543	519
Descender (foot of p)	−220	−213
x-height ÷ cap height	0.73	0.70
Average lowercase width	430	522
Ink coverage, a–z	40.6%	40.2%

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

Version	Compared with Encode Sans	Added
Encode Sans Condensed	static files only	2017
Encode Sans Expanded	lowercase wider by 141; static files only	2017
Encode Sans SC	no ascenders (capital forms on the lowercase keys); lowercase wider by 62	2020
Encode Sans Semi Condensed	lowercase wider by 36; static files only	2017
Encode Sans Semi Expanded	lowercase wider by 105; static files only	2017

Where it sitsEvery sans serif family is a dot

X-height across the 716 sans serifs with ascenders

294672

Just below: Encode Sans Condensed, Encode Sans Expanded; just above: Chocolate Classical Sans, Noto Sans HK

Average lowercase width across the 732 sans serifs

1831,319

Just below: News Cycle, Ropa Sans; just above: NTR, Encode Sans Condensed

Weights and styles

One variable file per style covers every weight from 100 to 900, with no italic; nine of the nine standard steps fall inside that range.

Axis	Tag	Range	In the library
Width	wdth	75 to 125	99 families
Weight	wght	100 to 900	545 families

Scripts3 subsets · families sharing each

Inside the file

In the measured file: 1,214 glyphs and 687 mapped Unicode characters; 21 OpenType feature tags.

Declared features: capitals to small capitals, old-style figures, lining figures, tabular figures, proportional figures, fractions, superscripts, subscripts, ordinals, discretionary ligatures and case-sensitive forms.

Measured neighboursClosest in proportion; differences per 1,000 em

Reddit Sans Condensedshorter x-height, wider Mohaveequal x-height, narrower Yaldevitaller x-height, wider Asap Condensedshorter x-height, narrower

Outside the sans serif class

Libre Caslon Condensedshorter x-height, wider Procionoshorter x-height, wider Tillanashorter x-height, wider

Rank every family against Encode Sans

Same designer

Impallari Type is credited on 27 other families in the library, from Lobster (2010) to Cabin (2020); the closest of them in x-height and width is Lobster. Andres Torresi is also credited on Cambo, Telex and Sarala. Jacques Le Bailly is credited on 10 other families in the library, from Pacifico (2011) to Montserrat Underline (2024); the closest of them in x-height and width is Pacifico.