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Long Cang

Among the 287 handwriting faces, Long Cang has the second-shallowest descenders and the third-largest x-height relative to its capitals. It is one of only ten families in the library that cover Chinese (Simplified).

Outlines drawn from the LongCang-Regular file at weight 400. The dashed line is the median x-height of the handwriting faces.
Measure, per 1,000 emLong CangMedian of 297 handwriting faces
Ascender (top of d)542720
Cap height (top of H)514733
x-height (top of x)450445
Descender (foot of p)−121−326
x-height ÷ cap height0.880.60
Average lowercase width396418
Ink coverage, a–z29.3%44.3%

Where it sitsEvery handwriting family is a dot

X-height across the 287 handwriting faces with ascenders

151669

Just below: Dekko, Splash; just above: Style Script, Molle

Average lowercase width across the 297 handwriting faces

211720

Just below: Shadows Into Light Two, Norican; just above: Kings, Oooh Baby

Weights and styles

100200300400500600700800900

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

Scripts2 subsets · families sharing each

Inside the file

In the measured file: 7,017 glyphs and 7,015 mapped Unicode characters; one OpenType feature tag.

Measured neighboursClosest in proportion; differences per 1,000 em

Gaegushorter x-height, widerHi Melodyshorter x-height, narrowerNanum Pen Scripttaller x-height, narrowerGamja Flowershorter x-height, widerGrechen Fuemenshorter x-height, widerDekkoshorter x-height, wider

Outside the handwriting class

Darker Grotesqueshorter x-height, widerGenosshorter x-height, widerHubballishorter x-height, wider

Rank every family against Long Cang

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