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Ubuntu

Ubuntu is one of the 60 families dated 2010, the earliest year in the repository’s records of when families were added. It lists six script subsets, more than 92% of the sans serifs. Its regular file holds 1,264 glyphs, 1.8 times the median of the sans serifs (686).

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

Measure, per 1,000 em	Ubuntu	Median of 732 sans serifs
Ascender (top of d)	776	740
Cap height (top of H)	693	702
x-height (top of x)	520	519
Descender (foot of p)	−185	−213
x-height ÷ cap height	0.75	0.70
Average lowercase width	513	522
Ink coverage, a–z	43.6%	40.2%

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

Version	Compared with Ubuntu	Added
Ubuntu Condensed	lowercase narrower by 100	2011
Ubuntu Sans	variable font	2024

Where it sitsEvery sans serif family is a dot

X-height across the 716 sans serifs with ascenders

294672

Just below: Alef, Dotum; just above: Raleway, Amiko; level with: Aldrich, Cal Sans, Hedvig Letters Sans

Average lowercase width across the 732 sans serifs

1831,319

Just below: Bai Jamjuree, Maven Pro; just above: Sarala, Chiron GoRound TC; level with: Google Sans Flex

Weights and styles

Static files in four weights (Light, Regular, Medium and Bold), with a matching italic; 8 font files in all.

ScriptsFamilies sharing each subset

Inside the file

In the measured file: 1,194 Unicode characters are mapped.

Declared features: tabular figures, proportional figures, fractions, superscripts, subscripts, ordinals, standard ligatures, stylistic alternates, case-sensitive forms and one stylistic set.

Measured neighboursClosest in proportion; differences per 1,000 em

Asap Sharptaller x-height, narrower Literequal x-height, narrower Roboto Flexshorter x-height, narrower Fira Sanstaller x-height, narrower Robototaller x-height, narrower Vazirmatntaller x-height, narrower

Outside the sans serif class

Texturinashorter x-height, wider PT Serifshorter x-height, narrower Battambangtaller x-height, wider

Rank every family against Ubuntu

Same designer

Dalton Maag is credited on 5 other families in the library, from Ubuntu Mono (2011) to Ubuntu Sans Mono (2024); the closest of them in x-height and width is Scope One.