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Porter Sans Block

Of the 1,899 families measured here, Porter Sans Block has the fourth-widest lowercase. It has no ascenders or descenders on its lowercase keys: the d stands no taller than the x, as in 111 other families in the library.

Outlines drawn from the PorterSansBlock-Regular file. The d and p keys carry no ascender or descender in this design. The dashed line is the median height of the x among the families drawn this way.

Measure, per 1,000 em	Porter Sans Block	Median of 112 families without ascenders
Cap height (top of H)	726	701
Height of the x	726	671
Average width, a–z keys	1,133	536
Ink coverage, a–z keys	47.6%	42.0%

Where it sitsEvery display family is a dot

Cap height across the 472 display faces

3911,190

Just below: Caesar Dressing, Poller One; just above: Kranky, Expletus Sans; level with: Boogaloo, Dela Gothic One, Kenia

Average width of the a–z keys across the 472 display faces

2161,293

Just below: Libertinus Keyboard, Diplomata; just above: Diplomata SC, Asset

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: 209 glyphs and 208 mapped Unicode characters; one OpenType feature tag.

Measured neighboursClosest in proportion; differences per 1,000 em

Libertinus Keyboardtaller cap height, narrower Sekuyashorter cap height, narrower Nosifershorter cap height, narrower Nosifer Capsshorter cap height, narrower Yarndings 12taller cap height, narrower Bungee Shadetaller cap height, narrower

Outside the display class

BBH Bartleshorter cap height, wider Notableshorter cap height, narrower Rubik Mono Oneshorter cap height, narrower

Rank every family against Porter Sans Block

Same designer

Tyler Finck is credited on 12 other families in the library, from Knewave (2011) to Scoutie Sans (2026); the closest of them in x-height and width is Anybody.