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: What is the typical ratio of font size to x-height? Obviously there is no single number for that, as we have fonts with large x-heights and fonts with small x-heights. But there seems to be

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Obviously there is no single number for that, as we have fonts with large x-heights and fonts with small x-heights. But there seems to be a typical range within most widely used fonts fall. For example, I would be very surprised to see a font which has a size 5 times its x-height, or a font with point size only 1.1 times its x-height, although I can imagine a few representatives exist.

If we exclude outliers, what would be the approximate numeric range of the font size to x-height?

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@Correia448

Ok, here's some x-height ratios for a lot of different fonts, separated into categories. You can check the popular fonts you have in your mind (since this statistics vary depending the scope of use).

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