Recursive
No other family in the library has Recursive’s Casual axis (CASL). It has five variable axes; ten other families in the library have as many or more.
| Measure, per 1,000 em | Recursive | Median of 732 sans serifs |
|---|---|---|
| Ascender (top of d) | 750 | 740 |
| Cap height (top of H) | 700 | 702 |
| x-height (top of x) | 532 | 519 |
| Descender (foot of p) | −200 | −213 |
| x-height ÷ cap height | 0.76 | 0.70 |
| Average lowercase width | 564 | 522 |
| Ink coverage, a–z | 41.6% | 40.2% |
Where it sitsEvery sans serif family is a dot
X-height across the 716 sans serifs with ascenders
Just below: ABeeZee, Alexandria; just above: Finlandica Text, Bpmf Huninn
Average lowercase width across the 732 sans serifs
Just below: Geomini, Biryani; just above: Zalando Sans SemiExpanded, Preahvihear
Weights and styles
One variable file per style covers every weight from 300 to 1000, with no italic; seven of the nine standard steps fall inside that range.
| Axis | Tag | Range | In the library |
|---|---|---|---|
| Slant | slnt | -15 to 0 | 16 families |
| Weight | wght | 300 to 1000 | 545 families |
| Casual | CASL | 0 to 1 | axis page |
| Cursive | CRSV | 0 to 1 | 8 families |
| Monospace | MONO | 0 to 1 | 2 families |
Scripts4 subsets · families sharing each
- Latin1,843
- Latin Extended1,525
- Vietnamese532
- Cyrillic Extended243
Inside the file
In the measured file: 1,304 glyphs and 745 mapped Unicode characters; 33 OpenType feature tags.
Declared features: proportional figures, fractions, superscripts, ordinals, standard ligatures, discretionary ligatures, slashed zero, case-sensitive forms and 13 stylistic sets.
Measured neighboursClosest in proportion; differences per 1,000 em
Outside the sans serif class
Same designer
Arrow Type is also credited on Shantell Sans.
File: ofl/recursive, google/fonts 9862abc · font software © its authors, SIL Open Font License 1.1 · method