Architectural
Upper Case Size	Lower Case Match	Width (in)	Depth (in)	Stroke Min-Max Average (in)
10 in.	6 7/8 in.	6 5/8	1	3/4 - 1 9/16
12 in.	8 1/4 in.	8	1 1/4	7/8 - 1 7/8
15 in.	10 3/8 in.	10	1 1/2	1 1/8 - 2 3/8
18 in.	12 3/8 in.	11 7/8	1 1/2	1 5/16 - 2 13/16
24 in.	16 1/2 in.	16	1 3/4	1 3/4 - 3 3/4
30 in.	20 5/8 in.	19 7/8	2	2 1/4 - 4 5/8
36 in.	24 3/4 in.	23 3/4	2	2 5/8 - 5 5/8
4 in.		3 1/2	3/4	3/8 - 5/8
48 in.	33 in.	32	3	3 1/2 - 7 1/2
6 in.		4	3/4	7/16 - 15/16
9 in.	6 1/4 in.	6	3/4	5/8 - 1 3/8
Arial Bold
Upper Case Size	Lower Case Match	Width (in)	Depth (in)	Stroke Min-Max Average (in)
12 in.	9 in.	10 1/4	1	2 - 2 1/2
15 in.	11 1/4 in.	12 3/4	1	2 1/2 - 3 1/8
18 in.	13 1/2 in.	15 3/8	1 1/2	3 1/8 - 3 3/4
24 in.	18 in.	20 1/2	1 1/2	4 1/8 - 5
30 in.	22 1/2 in.	25 2/3	1 1/2	5 - 6 1/4
36 in.	27 in.	31	1 1/2	6 1/4 - 7 1/2
4 in.		3 1/2	3/4	5/8 - 7/8
6 in.	4 in.	5 1/8	3/4	1 - 1 1/4
8 in.	6 in.	6 7/8	3/4	1 1/4 - 1 5/8
Goudy Extra Bold
Upper Case Size	Lower Case Match	Width (in)	Depth (in)	Stroke Min-Max Average (in)
12 in.	8 in.	12 1/8	1 1/4	1 - 2 5/8
15 in.	10 in.	15 1/4	1 1/2	1 3/8 - 3 1/4
18 in.	12 in.	18 1/4	1 1/2	1 5/8 - 3 7/8
24 in.	16 in.	24 3/8	1 1/2	2 1/8 - 5 1/4
30 in.	20 in.	30 3/8	2	2 1/4 - 6 7/8
36 in.	24 in.	36 3/8	2	3 1/4 - 7 7/8
4 in.		4 1/8	1/2	3/8 - 7/8
6 in.	4 in.	6 1/8	3/4	1/2 - 1 3/8
9 in.	6 in.	9 1/8	1	3/4 - 2
Helvetica
Upper Case Size	Lower Case Match	Width (in)	Depth (in)	Stroke Min-Max Average (in)
10 in.	7 1/2 in.	8 7/8	1	1 7/8 - 2 1/4
12 in.	9 in.	10 1/4	1	2 1/4 - 2 3/4
15 in.	11 in.	12 3/4	1	2 3/4 - 3 1/2
18 in.	13 in.	14 1/4	1 1/2	3 5/8 - 4 1/8
24 in.	18 in.	20 1/4	1 1/2	4 1/2 - 5 1/2
30 in.	22 1/2 in.	25	1 1/2	5 1/2 - 7 1/8
36 in.	27 in.	30	1 1/2	6 3/4 - 8 1/4
4 in.	3 in.	3 1/4	3/4	3/4 - 1
48 in.			2	11 1/4
6 in.	4 1/2 in.	5 1/4	3/4	1 1/8 - 1 3/8
8 in.			3/4	1 7/8
9 in.	6 1/2 in.	7 3/4	3/4	1 5/8 - 2
Helvetica Bold
Upper Case Size	Lower Case Match	Width (in)	Depth (in)	Stroke Min-Max Average (in)
10 in.	7 1/2 in.	9 3/8	1	2 1/2 - 3
12 in.	9 in.	11 1/4	1	3 - 3 1/2
15 in.	11 in.	14	1 1/4	3 3/4 - 4 3/8
18 in.	13 in.	17	1 1/2	4 1/2 - 5 1/4
24 in.	18 in.	22 1/2	1 1/2	6 - 7
30 in.	22 1/2 in.	28 1/4	1 1/2	7 1/2 - 8 3/4
36 in.	27 in.	33 5/8	1 1/2	9 - 10 1/2
4 in.	3 in.	3 3/4	3/4	1 - 1 1/8
48 in.	36 in.	44 3/4	2	12 - 13 7/8
6 in.	4 1/2 in.	5 5/8	3/4	1 1/2 - 1 3/4
8 in.	6 in.	7 1/2	1	2 - 2 3/8
9 in.	6 1/2 in.	8 1/2	1	2 1/4 - 2 5/8
Times Bold
Upper Case Size	Lower Case Match	Width (in)	Depth (in)	Stroke Min-Max Average (in)
10 in.	7 in.	9 5/8	1	7/8 - 2 1/2
12 in.	8 in.	11 1/2	1 1/2	1 - 3
15 in.	10 in.	14 3/8	1 1/2	1 1/4 - 3 3/4
18 in.	12 in.	17 1/4	1 1/2	1 1/2 - 4 1/2
24 in.	16 in.	23	1 1/2	2 - 6
30 in.	20 in.	28 3/4	1 1/2	2 1/2 - 7 1/2
36 in.	24 in.	34 1/2	2	3 - 9
4 in.		3 7/8	1/2	1/2 - 1 1/8
48 in.	32 in.	46	2	4 - 12
6 in.	4 in.	5 3/4	3/4	5/8 - 1 5/8
8 in.	5 in.	7 5/8	3/4	5/8 - 2
9 in.	6 in.	8 5/8	1	3/4 - 2 1/4
Times New Roman
Upper Case Size	Lower Case Match	Width (in)	Depth (in)	Stroke Min-Max Average (in)
10 in.	6 3/4 in.	9 1/8	1	1 1/4 - 2
12 in.	8 1/8 in.	10 7/8	1 1/4	1 3/8 - 2 3/8
15 in.	10 in.	13 1/8	1 1/4	1 1/2 - 2 7/8
18 in.	12 in.	16	1 1/2	1 7/8 - 3 3/8
24 in.	18 in.	21 3/4	1 1/2	2 1/4 - 4 1/4
30 in.	20 in.	27 1/8	1 1/2	2 3/4 - 5 1/4
36 in.	24 in.	32 2/3	1 3/4	3 1/3 - 6 1/3
4 in.		3 5/8	5/8	5/8 - 1
6 in.	4 in.	5 1/2	3/4	5/8 - 1 1/4
8 in.	5 1/2 in.	7 1/4	3/4	1 - 1 5/8
9 in.	6 in.	8 1/4	3/4	1 1/8 - 1 3/4
Futura Bold
Upper Case Size	Lower Case Match	Width (in)	Depth (in)	Stroke Min-Max Average (in)
12 in.	9 in.	10 1/4	1	2 - 2 1/2
15 in.	11 1/4 in.	12 3/4	1	2 1/2 - 3 1/8
18 in.	13 1/2 in.	15 3/8	1 1/2	3 1/8 - 3 3/4
24 in.	18 in.	20 1/2	1 1/2	4 1/8 - 5
30 in.	22 1/2 in.	25 2/3	1 1/2	5 - 6 1/4
36 in.	27 in.	31	1 1/2	6 1/4 - 7 1/2
4 in.		3 1/2	3/4	5/8 - 7/8
6 in.	4 in.	5 1/8	3/4	1 - 1 1/4
8 in.	6 in.	6 7/8	3/4	1 1/4 - 1 5/8

 

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