Science Gothic
Science Gothic’s Contrast axis (CTRS) appears in only one other family. It has four variable axes; 18 other families in the library have as many or more. It carries true small capitals, a feature present in 179 of the 1,899 families.
| Measure, per 1,000 em | Science Gothic | Median of 732 sans serifs |
|---|---|---|
| Ascender (top of d) | 724 | 740 |
| Cap height (top of H) | 700 | 702 |
| x-height (top of x) | 500 | 519 |
| Descender (foot of p) | −214 | −213 |
| x-height ÷ cap height | 0.71 | 0.70 |
| Average lowercase width | 619 | 522 |
| Ink coverage, a–z | 53.1% | 40.2% |
Where it sitsEvery sans serif family is a dot
X-height across the 716 sans serifs with ascenders
Just below: Akatab, Pontano Sans; just above: Mako, Sour Gummy; level with: Abel, Advent Pro, Akt
Average lowercase width across the 732 sans serifs
Just below: Julius Sans One, Fragment Mono; just above: BIZ UDPGothic, Matemasie
Weights and styles
One variable file per style covers every weight from 100 to 900, with no italic; nine of the nine standard steps fall inside that range.
| Axis | Tag | Range | In the library |
|---|---|---|---|
| Slant | slnt | -10 to 0 | 16 families |
| Width | wdth | 50 to 200 | 99 families |
| Weight | wght | 100 to 900 | 545 families |
| Contrast | CTRS | 0 to 85 | axis page |
Scripts5 subsets · families sharing each
- Latin1,843
- Latin Extended1,525
- Vietnamese532
- Cyrillic306
- Cyrillic Extended243
Inside the file
In the measured file: 1,321 glyphs and 839 mapped Unicode characters; 23 OpenType feature tags.
Declared features: capitals to small capitals, tabular figures, proportional figures, fractions, superscripts, subscripts, ordinals, stylistic alternates, slashed zero, case-sensitive forms and two stylistic sets.
Measured neighboursClosest in proportion; differences per 1,000 em
Outside the sans serif class
File: ofl/sciencegothic, google/fonts 9862abc · font software © its authors, SIL Open Font License 1.1 · method