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Pacifico

Among the 297 handwriting faces, Pacifico has the second-darkest regular-weight lowercase. It lists five script subsets, more than 96% of the handwriting faces. Its regular file holds 1,533 glyphs, 2.4 times the median of the handwriting faces (634).

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

Measure, per 1,000 em	Pacifico	Median of 297 handwriting faces
Ascender (top of d)	940	720
Cap height (top of H)	877	733
x-height (top of x)	470	445
Descender (foot of p)	−457	−326
x-height ÷ cap height	0.54	0.60
Average lowercase width	459	418
Ink coverage, a–z	87.0%	44.3%

Where it sitsEvery handwriting family is a dot

X-height across the 287 handwriting faces with ascenders

151669

Just below: Architects Daughter, Patrick Hand; just above: Devonshire, Praise

Average lowercase width across the 297 handwriting faces

211720

Just below: Indie Flower, Solitreo; just above: Comic Neue, Nerko One

Weights and styles

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

ScriptsFamilies sharing each subset

Inside the file

In the measured file: 805 Unicode characters are mapped.

Declared features: fractions, superscripts, ordinals, standard ligatures, discretionary ligatures, contextual alternates, stylistic alternates, case-sensitive forms and two stylistic sets.

Measured neighboursClosest in proportion; differences per 1,000 em

Aguafina Scriptshorter x-height, narrower Condimentshorter x-height, narrower Playwrite DE LAtaller x-height, wider Beth Ellentaller x-height, wider Playwrite DK Loopettaller x-height, wider Playwrite CAtaller x-height, wider

Outside the handwriting class

Knewavetaller x-height, wider Piedrataller x-height, wider Minivertaller x-height, wider

Rank every family against Pacifico

Same designer

Vernon Adams is credited on 57 other families in the library, from Nobile (2010) to Anton SC (2024); the closest of them in x-height and width is Anaheim. Jacques Le Bailly is credited on 15 other families in the library, from Mulish (2011) to Montserrat Underline (2024); the closest of them in x-height and width is Crimson Pro. Botjo Nikoltchev is also credited on Ropa Sans and Sofadi One. Ani Petrova is credited on 4 other families in the library, from Sofia Sans (2022) to Sofia Sans Semi Condensed (2022); the closest of them in x-height and width is Sofia Sans Semi Condensed.