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Idiqlat

Idiqlat is one of only seven families in the library that cover Syriac. It is one of 48 families added in 2026 up to 28 October 2026.

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

Measure, per 1,000 em	Idiqlat	Median of 354 serifs
Ascender (top of d)	774	747
Cap height (top of H)	652	700
x-height (top of x)	489	482
Descender (foot of p)	−244	−233
x-height ÷ cap height	0.75	0.70
Average lowercase width	564	514
Ink coverage, a–z	61.6%	41.5%

Where it sitsEvery serif family is a dot

X-height across the 336 serifs with ascenders

302600

Just below: Rufina, Gelasio; just above: Karma, Maitree; level with: Copse

Average lowercase width across the 354 serifs

2751,028

Just below: Volkhov, Platypi; just above: PT Serif Caption, Ledger

Weights and styles

Static files in three weights (ExtraLight, Light and Regular), with no italic; 3 font files in all.

Scripts2 subsets · families sharing each

Latin1,843
Syriac

Inside the file

In the measured file: 585 glyphs and 415 mapped Unicode characters; 29 OpenType feature tags.

Declared features: six stylistic sets.

Measured neighboursClosest in proportion; differences per 1,000 em

Crete Roundtaller x-height, narrower Bree Seriftaller x-height, narrower Suez Onetaller x-height, narrower Odor Mean Cheytaller x-height, narrower Platypishorter x-height, narrower Alkalamishorter x-height, narrower

Outside the serif class

Gorditastaller x-height, wider Abril Fatfaceshorter x-height, narrower Secular Onetaller x-height, narrower

Rank every family against Idiqlat

Same designer

SIL International is credited on 26 other families in the library, from Andika (2011) to BJCree (2026); the closest of them in x-height and width is Mingzat.