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Nanum Pen Script

Of the 1,899 families measured here, Nanum Pen Script has the shallowest descenders. Among the 287 handwriting faces, it has the fourth-largest x-height relative to its capitals.

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

Measure, per 1,000 em	Nanum Pen Script	Median of 297 handwriting faces
Ascender (top of d)	682	720
Cap height (top of H)	556	733
x-height (top of x)	480	445
Descender (foot of p)	−13	−326
x-height ÷ cap height	0.86	0.60
Average lowercase width	385	418
Ink coverage, a–z	32.5%	44.3%

Versions and companionsA shared designer and a shared name or matching measurements

Version	Compared with Nanum Pen Script	Added
Nanum Brush Script	lowercase narrower by 36; x-height shorter by 160	2012
Nanum Gothic Coding	lowercase wider by 115; x-height shorter by 22	2012

Where it sitsEvery handwriting family is a dot

X-height across the 287 handwriting faces with ascenders

151669

Just below: Charm, Kaushan Script; just above: Klee One, Bpmf Iansui

Average lowercase width across the 297 handwriting faces

211720

Just below: Parisienne, Send Flowers; just above: Bad Script, Shadows Into Light

Weights and styles

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

Scripts2 subsets · families sharing each

Latin1,843
Korean47

Inside the file

In the measured file: 13,751 glyphs and 11,742 mapped Unicode characters; one OpenType feature tag.

Measured neighboursClosest in proportion; differences per 1,000 em

Long Cangshorter x-height, wider Waiting for the Sunrisetaller x-height, wider Reenie Beanieshorter x-height, narrower Comic Neuetaller x-height, wider Tapestryshorter x-height, wider

Outside the handwriting class

Alumni Sanstaller x-height, narrower Alumni Sans SCtaller x-height, narrower Glass Antiquaequal x-height, wider

Rank every family against Nanum Pen Script

Same designer

Sandoll Communication is also credited on Nanum Gothic and Nanum Myeongjo.