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Lateef

Among the 336 serifs, Lateef has the third-shortest x-height and the third-shortest capitals. It sets a narrower lowercase than 99% of the 354 serifs.

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

Measure, per 1,000 em	Lateef	Median of 354 serifs
Ascender (top of d)	544	747
Cap height (top of H)	460	700
x-height (top of x)	339	482
Descender (foot of p)	−172	−233
x-height ÷ cap height	0.74	0.70
Average lowercase width	377	514
Ink coverage, a–z	49.3%	41.5%

Where it sitsEvery serif family is a dot

X-height across the 336 serifs with ascenders

302600

Just below: Peddana, Ramsina; just above: BhuTuka Expanded One, Padyakke Expanded One

Average lowercase width across the 354 serifs

2751,028

Just below: Maiden Orange, Ramsina; just above: Markazi Text, Instrument Serif

Weights and styles

Static files in seven weights (ExtraLight, Light, Regular, Medium, SemiBold, Bold and ExtraBold), with no italic; 7 font files in all.

Scripts3 subsets · families sharing each

Inside the file

In the measured file: 1,830 glyphs and 799 mapped Unicode characters; 30 OpenType feature tags.

Declared features: tabular figures, proportional figures, standard ligatures, contextual alternates and stylistic alternates.

Measured neighboursClosest in proportion; differences per 1,000 em

Markazi Texttaller x-height, wider Suravaramtaller x-height, wider Peddanashorter x-height, narrower Parastootaller x-height, wider Mirzataller x-height, wider Ramsinashorter x-height, narrower

Outside the serif class

Katibehshorter x-height, narrower NATStaller x-height, wider Hi Melodyshorter x-height, narrower

Rank every family against Lateef

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 Harmattan.