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Signika

The library lists Signika together with three more families that share a designer with it and either its name or its measurements. Its GRAD axis (GRAD) appears in only three other families. It carries true small capitals, a feature present in 179 of the 1,899 families.

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

Measure, per 1,000 em	Signika	Median of 732 sans serifs
Ascender (top of d)	735	740
Cap height (top of H)	687	702
x-height (top of x)	502	519
Descender (foot of p)	−215	−213
x-height ÷ cap height	0.73	0.70
Average lowercase width	479	522
Ink coverage, a–z	50.6%	40.2%

Versions and companionsA shared designer and a shared name or matching measurements

Version	Compared with Signika	Added
Signika Negative	matching measurements	2011
Signika Negative SC	no ascenders (capital forms on the lowercase keys); lowercase wider by 55; static files only	2011
Signika SC	no ascenders (capital forms on the lowercase keys); lowercase wider by 58	2011

Where it sitsEvery sans serif family is a dot

X-height across the 716 sans serifs with ascenders

294672

Just below: Marmelad, Snippet; just above: Mulish, Actor

Average lowercase width across the 732 sans serifs

1831,319

Just below: Carrois Gothic, Pontano Sans; just above: Familjen Grotesk, Kite One

Weights and styles

One variable file per style covers every weight from 300 to 700, with no italic; five of the nine standard steps fall inside that range.

Axis	Tag	Range	In the library
Weight	wght	300 to 700	545 families
GRAD	GRAD	-30 to 0	axis page

Scripts3 subsets · families sharing each

Inside the file

In the measured file: 1,414 glyphs and 950 mapped Unicode characters; 27 OpenType feature tags.

Declared features: capitals to small capitals, tabular figures, fractions, superscripts, subscripts, ordinals, standard ligatures, discretionary ligatures, contextual alternates, slashed zero, case-sensitive forms and five stylistic sets.

Measured neighboursClosest in proportion; differences per 1,000 em

Amaranthshorter x-height, wider Winky Roughtaller x-height, narrower Winky Sanstaller x-height, narrower Hermeneus Oneshorter x-height, wider Basicshorter x-height, same width

Outside the sans serif class

Vidalokashorter x-height, wider Sniglettaller x-height, wider Cherry Swashshorter x-height, wider

Rank every family against Signika

Same designer

Anna Giedryś is also credited on Rasa and Yrsa.