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Geist Pixel

Geist Pixel’s Element Shape axis (ELSH) appears in only seven other families. It is one of 48 families added in 2026 up to 28 October 2026.

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

Measure, per 1,000 em	Geist Pixel	Median of 472 display faces
Ascender (top of d)	722	726
Cap height (top of H)	722	701
x-height (top of x)	532	507
Descender (foot of p)	−152	−208
x-height ÷ cap height	0.74	0.70
Average lowercase width	526	506
Ink coverage, a–z	37.3%	48.7%

Where it sitsEvery display family is a dot

X-height across the 406 display faces with ascenders

283870

Just below: Calistoga, Balsamiq Sans; just above: Love Ya Like A Sister, Syne Tactile; level with: Rubik Storm

Average lowercase width across the 472 display faces

2161,293

Just below: Gloock, Luxurious Roman; just above: Saira Stencil, Hanalei

Weights and styles

Variable along other axes but drawn in a single weight (Regular), with no italic.

Axis	Tag	Range	In the library
Element Shape	ELSH	0 to 100	axis page

Scripts2 subsets · families sharing each

Latin1,843
Latin Extended1,525

Inside the file

In the measured file: 481 glyphs and 421 mapped Unicode characters; 20 OpenType feature tags.

Declared features: fractions, superscripts, ordinals, standard ligatures, discretionary ligatures and seven stylistic sets.

Measured neighboursClosest in proportion; differences per 1,000 em

MedievalSharptaller x-height, narrower Pathway Extremetaller x-height, wider Codataller x-height, narrower Oxaniumshorter x-height, narrower Saira Stencilshorter x-height, same width Tourneytaller x-height, wider

Outside the display class

Mona Sansshorter x-height, wider Geistshorter x-height, wider Libre Franklinshorter x-height, wider

Rank every family against Geist Pixel

Same designer

Andrés Briganti is also credited on Geist and Geist Mono. Evil Rabbit is also credited on Geist and Geist Mono. Guillermo Rauch is also credited on Geist and Geist Mono.