The lowercase s is a scaled-
down version of the capital
letter. It is a narrow letter, its
width being about half its
height. Since it is a round letter
and would appear short other¬
wise, it is usually designed to
slightly overlap the established
x-height and baseline.

Broadway Engraved

To provide the s with a firm
foundation on which to rest,
the optical center should be
drawn above the true center of
the character, making the up¬
per half of the letter appear
smaller than the lower. In some

SITC Serif Gothic

Albertus

typefaces, like Trajanus and
Albertus, this configuration is
reversed, but this treatment
should never be accentuated to
the extent that the letter ap¬
pears to be upside-down.

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Fette

Fraktur

Bauer Bodoni Italic

Berthold City
Medium

Neue Neuland
Inline Solid

Caslon Open Face

ITC Benguiat Book

Frutiger Light

Eurostile Extended No. 2

Cooper Black Italic

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