Architectural
Upper Case
Size
Lower Case
Match
Upper Case
Width
Avg. (in)
Lower Case
Width
Avg. (in)
Letter
Depth
Approx. (in)
Upper Case
Stroke
Min-Max (in)
Lower Case
Stroke
Min-Max (in)
2 in.1 3/41/23/8
3 in.2 5/81/21/2
4 in.3 1/25/85/8
6 in.5 1/85/81 1/3
8 in.6 7/83/41 3/8
10 in.8 5/83/41 7/8
12 in.10 1/43/42
Helvetica
Upper Case
Size
Lower Case
Match
Upper Case
Width
Avg. (in)
Lower Case
Width
Avg. (in)
Letter
Depth
Approx. (in)
Upper Case
Stroke
Min-Max (in)
Lower Case
Stroke
Min-Max (in)
2 in.1 3/43/81/2
3 in.2 5/81/25/8
4 in.3 in.3 1/22 7/85/815/8 - 3/4
5 in.4 3/83/41 1/4
6 in.4 1/2 in.5 1/44 1/23/41 3/81 - 1 1/8
8 in.6 in.763/41 3/41 1/2 - 1 5/8
9 in.7 5/83/42
10 in.7 1/2 in.8 7/87 1/212 1/41 5/8 - 1 7/8
12 in.9 in.10 1/4912 3/42 - 2 1/4
15 in.11 in.12 7/8111 1/43 1/22 1/2 - 2 7/8
18 in.13 in.15 3/8131 1/24 1/83 1/8 - 4
Optima
Upper Case
Size
Lower Case
Match
Upper Case
Width
Avg. (in)
Lower Case
Width
Avg. (in)
Letter
Depth
Approx. (in)
Upper Case
Stroke
Min-Max (in)
Lower Case
Stroke
Min-Max (in)
4 in.3 1/85/85/8
6 in.4 5/83/43/4
8 in.6 1/23/41
10 in.811 1/4
12 in.9 3/811 1/2
15 in.11 1/21 1/41 3/4
Roman
Upper Case
Size
Lower Case
Match
Upper Case
Width
Avg. (in)
Lower Case
Width
Avg. (in)
Letter
Depth
Approx. (in)
Upper Case
Stroke
Min-Max (in)
Lower Case
Stroke
Min-Max (in)
4 in.3 5/85/815/16
6 in.5 1/23/41 3/8
8 in.7 3/83/41 13/16
10 in.9 1/412 1/4
12 in.1112 3/4
Standard Block
Upper Case
Size
Lower Case
Match
Upper Case
Width
Avg. (in)
Lower Case
Width
Avg. (in)
Letter
Depth
Approx. (in)
Upper Case
Stroke
Min-Max (in)
Lower Case
Stroke
Min-Max (in)
4 in.2 7/85/85/8
6 in.4 in.4 1/43 1/43/417/8
8 in.5 5/83/41 3/8
10 in.711 5/8
12 in.8 1/212
15 in.10 5/81 1/42 1/2
Times Bold
Upper Case
Size
Lower Case
Match
Upper Case
Width
Avg. (in)
Lower Case
Width
Avg. (in)
Letter
Depth
Approx. (in)
Upper Case
Stroke
Min-Max (in)
Lower Case
Stroke
Min-Max (in)
2 in.1 3/43/89/16
3 in.2 7/81/27/8
4 in.2 2/3 in.3 3/42 3/45/81 1/83/8 - 1
6 in.4 in.5 3/43 3/43/41 5/85/16 - 1 5/32
8 in.5 1/2 in.7 1/253/42 1/87/16 - 1 1/2
10 in.9 3/812 3/4
12 in.8 in.11 1/47 3/413 1/41 - 3
15 in.141 1/44 1/8
18 in.12 in.16 7/811 3/41 1/24 7/81 - 3 5/8