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Monsieur La Doulaise

Of the 1,899 families measured here, Monsieur La Doulaise has the smallest x-height relative to its capitals and the second-shortest x-height. Its regular file holds 234 glyphs, against a median of 635 for the handwriting faces.

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

Measure, per 1,000 em	Monsieur La Doulaise	Median of 297 handwriting faces
Ascender (top of d)	588	720
Cap height (top of H)	1,006	733
x-height (top of x)	172	445
Descender (foot of p)	−355	−326
x-height ÷ cap height	0.17	0.60
Average lowercase width	322	418
Ink coverage, a–z	56.8%	44.3%

Where it sitsEvery handwriting family is a dot

X-height across the 287 handwriting faces with ascenders

151669

Just below: Yuyu Short; just above: Miss Fajardose, Passions Conflict

Average lowercase width across the 297 handwriting faces

211720

Just below: Yuyu Short, Butterfly Kids; just above: MonteCarlo, Dr Sugiyama

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: 231 Unicode characters are mapped.

Measured neighboursClosest in proportion; differences per 1,000 em

Dr Sugiyamataller x-height, same width Herr Von Muellerhofftaller x-height, narrower Miss Fajardosetaller x-height, narrower Mrs Saint Delafieldtaller x-height, narrower Mea Culpataller x-height, narrower Lavishly Yourstaller x-height, narrower

Outside the handwriting class

Qahiritaller x-height, narrower Fasthandtaller x-height, wider Freehandtaller x-height, wider

Rank every family against Monsieur La Doulaise

Same designer

Sudtipos is credited on 14 other families in the library, from Bubblegum Sans (2011) to Condiment (2012); the closest of them in x-height and width is Mrs Saint Delafield.