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Iansui

Among the 297 handwriting faces, Iansui has the second-largest number of OpenType features and the fifth-largest glyph set. It is a recent addition: 96% of today’s handwriting faces were in the library before it.

Outlines drawn from the Iansui-Regular file at weight 400. The dashed line is the median x-height of the handwriting faces.

Measure, per 1,000 em	Iansui	Median of 297 handwriting faces
Ascender (top of d)	709	720
Cap height (top of H)	705	733
x-height (top of x)	484	445
Descender (foot of p)	−172	−326
x-height ÷ cap height	0.69	0.60
Average lowercase width	515	418
Ink coverage, a–z	33.8%	44.3%

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

Version	Compared with Iansui	Added
Bpmf Iansui	matching measurements	2026

Where it sitsEvery handwriting family is a dot

X-height across the 287 handwriting faces with ascenders

151669

Just below: Klee One, Nanum Pen Script; just above: Julee, Borel; level with: Bpmf Iansui, LXGW WenKai TC

Average lowercase width across the 297 handwriting faces

211720

Just below: Bpmf Iansui, Amita; just above: Molle, Chilanka; level with: Klee One, LXGW WenKai TC

Weights and styles

A single static weight, Regular (400), with no italic.

Scripts4 subsets · families sharing each

Inside the file

In the measured file: 12,639 Unicode characters are mapped.

Declared features: fractions, superscripts, subscripts, ordinals, standard ligatures, discretionary ligatures, stylistic alternates and slashed zero.

Measured neighboursClosest in proportion; differences per 1,000 em

LXGW WenKai TCequal x-height, same width Klee Oneshorter x-height, same width Causetaller x-height, narrower Chilankataller x-height, wider Comic Neuetaller x-height, narrower

Outside the handwriting class

LXGW WenKai Mono TCshorter x-height, narrower Metrophobictaller x-height, same width Mandaliequal x-height, narrower

Rank every family against Iansui

Same designer

But Ko is also credited on Bpmf Huninn and Bpmf Zihi Kai Std.