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Ma Shan Zheng

Ma Shan Zheng is one of only ten families in the library that cover Chinese (Simplified). Among the 287 handwriting faces, it has the fourth-shallowest descenders.

Outlines drawn from the MaShanZheng-Regular file at weight 400. The dashed line is the median x-height of the handwriting faces.

Measure, per 1,000 em	Ma Shan Zheng	Median of 297 handwriting faces
Ascender (top of d)	791	720
Cap height (top of H)	778	733
x-height (top of x)	532	445
Descender (foot of p)	−151	−326
x-height ÷ cap height	0.68	0.60
Average lowercase width	328	418
Ink coverage, a–z	56.6%	44.3%

Where it sitsEvery handwriting family is a dot

X-height across the 287 handwriting faces with ascenders

151669

Just below: Fuzzy Bubbles, Gloria Hallelujah; just above: Birthstone Bounce, The Girl Next Door

Average lowercase width across the 297 handwriting faces

211720

Just below: Sacramento, Aguafina Script; just above: Fleur De Leah, Ruge Boogie; level with: Devonshire, Water Brush, Zhi Mang Xing

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: 7,017 glyphs and 7,015 mapped Unicode characters; two OpenType feature tags.

Measured neighboursClosest in proportion; differences per 1,000 em

Zhi Mang Xingshorter x-height, same width Devonshireshorter x-height, same width Covered By Your Graceshorter x-height, wider Pangolintaller x-height, wider Kalamshorter x-height, wider Lakki Reddytaller x-height, wider

Outside the handwriting class

Jolly Lodgertaller x-height, narrower Bokortaller x-height, wider Pirata Onetaller x-height, wider

Rank every family against Ma Shan Zheng