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Liu Jian Mao Cao

Liu Jian Mao Cao is one of only ten families in the library that cover Chinese (Simplified). It has no ascenders or descenders on its lowercase keys: the d stands no taller than the x, as in 111 other families in the library.

Outlines drawn from the LiuJianMaoCao-Regular file. The d and p keys carry no ascender or descender in this design. The dashed line is the median height of the x among the families drawn this way.

Measure, per 1,000 em	Liu Jian Mao Cao	Median of 112 families without ascenders
Cap height (top of H)	656	701
Height of the x	597	671
Average width, a–z keys	390	536
Ink coverage, a–z keys	27.2%	42.0%

Where it sitsEvery handwriting family is a dot

Cap height across the 297 handwriting faces

4201,288

Just below: Waiting for the Sunrise, Briem Hand; just above: Bilbo, Gwendolyn

Average width of the a–z keys across the 297 handwriting faces

211720

Just below: Dancing Script, Pinyon Script; just above: Redressed, Edu TAS Beginner

Weights and styles

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

Scripts2 subsets · families sharing each

Latin1,843
Chinese (Simplified)

Inside the file

In the measured file: 7,018 glyphs and 7,015 mapped Unicode characters; 0 OpenType feature tags.

Measured neighboursClosest in proportion; differences per 1,000 em

Walter Turncoattaller cap height, wider Patrick Hand SCtaller cap height, wider Amatic SCtaller cap height, narrower Yuji Hentaigana Akaritaller cap height, wider Yuji Hentaigana Akebonotaller cap height, wider Permanent Markertaller cap height, wider

Outside the handwriting class

Unica Oneshorter cap height, wider Crushedtaller cap height, wider Overlock SCtaller cap height, wider

Rank every family against Liu Jian Mao Cao

Same designer

Kimberly Geswein is credited on 21 other families in the library, from Covered By Your Grace (2010) to Shadows Into Light Two (2012); the closest of them in x-height and width is Shadows Into Light Two.