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Kite One

Among the 716 sans serifs, Kite One has the second-deepest descenders and the second-tallest capitals. Only 19% of today’s sans serifs were added to the library before it.

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

Measure, per 1,000 em	Kite One	Median of 732 sans serifs
Ascender (top of d)	887	740
Cap height (top of H)	872	702
x-height (top of x)	507	519
Descender (foot of p)	−350	−213
x-height ÷ cap height	0.58	0.70
Average lowercase width	480	522
Ink coverage, a–z	40.9%	40.2%

Where it sitsEvery sans serif family is a dot

X-height across the 716 sans serifs with ascenders

294672

Just below: Lato, Barlow; just above: Nevermind, Puritan

Average lowercase width across the 732 sans serifs

1831,319

Just below: Familjen Grotesk, Signika; just above: Bricolage Grotesque, Jua; level with: Scada

Weights and styles

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

Scripts2 subsets · families sharing each

Latin1,843
Latin Extended1,525

Inside the file

In the measured file: 452 glyphs and 414 mapped Unicode characters; 14 OpenType feature tags.

Declared features: fractions, superscripts, subscripts, ordinals, standard ligatures, stylistic alternates and case-sensitive forms.

Measured neighboursClosest in proportion; differences per 1,000 em

Tsukimi Roundedtaller x-height, wider Tauritaller x-height, wider Faculty Glyphictaller x-height, wider B612taller x-height, wider Matangitaller x-height, wider Capriolataller x-height, wider

Outside the sans serif class

Playwrite NZ Basictaller x-height, wider Playwrite GB Staller x-height, wider Playwrite DK Uloopettaller x-height, wider

Rank every family against Kite One

Same designer

Eduardo Tunni is credited on 36 other families in the library, from Arapey (2011) to Lumanosimo (2023); the closest of them in x-height and width is Imprima.