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Peddana

Among the 336 serifs, Peddana has the second-shortest x-height and the second-narrowest lowercase. Its regular file holds 1,498 glyphs, 2.1 times the median of the serifs (700).

Outlines drawn from the Peddana-Regular file at weight 400. The dashed line is the median x-height of the serifs.

Measure, per 1,000 em	Peddana	Median of 354 serifs
Ascender (top of d)	480	747
Cap height (top of H)	439	700
x-height (top of x)	316	482
Descender (foot of p)	−141	−233
x-height ÷ cap height	0.72	0.70
Average lowercase width	325	514
Ink coverage, a–z	44.8%	41.5%

Where it sitsEvery serif family is a dot

X-height across the 336 serifs with ascenders

302600

Just below: Ramsina; just above: Lateef, BhuTuka Expanded One

Average lowercase width across the 354 serifs

2751,028

Just below: Stint Ultra Condensed; just above: Imbue, Ramsina

Weights and styles

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

Scripts2 subsets · families sharing each

Latin1,843
Telugu27

Inside the file

In the measured file: 230 Unicode characters are mapped.

Measured neighboursClosest in proportion; differences per 1,000 em

Lateeftaller x-height, wider Suravaramtaller x-height, wider Ramsinashorter x-height, wider Markazi Texttaller x-height, wider Parastootaller x-height, wider Mirzataller x-height, wider

Outside the serif class

Cute Fonttaller x-height, narrower Katibehtaller x-height, wider Caramelshorter x-height, narrower

Rank every family against Peddana

Same designer

Appaji Ambarisha Darbha is credited on 7 other families in the library, from Tenali Ramakrishna (2014) to Sirivennela (2025); the closest of them in x-height and width is Tenali Ramakrishna.