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TTF — Same Disagreeing Metrics with USE_TYPO_METRICS Set

Byte-for-byte the same conflicting metrics as the disagree fixture, with one bit changed: fsSelection bit 7, USE_TYPO_METRICS. A conforming renderer must now prefer the OS/2 typo family and produce a 1.0 em line box. One bit, a 40 percent difference in leading. Original typeface, free to use.

Specimen — this file, loaded live via @font-facettf

The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog

ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ
abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz
0123456789 & ! ? @ # % ( ) — “ ”

12pxThe quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog

16pxThe quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog

20pxThe quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog

28pxThe quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog

40pxThe quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog

Specifications

Family
Novus Grotesk P7 Metrics
Units Per Em
1000
Cap Height
700
X Height
500
Wave
p7
Seed
20260807
Built With
fontTools 4.x
Determinism
head.created/head.modified pinned to 2026-01-01T00:00:00Z, recalcTimestamp off; outlines are parametric, colour material is seeded
Usage Rights
original artwork, free for any use
Hhea
ascender 1000, descender -250 (sum 1250)
Os2 Typo
sTypoAscender 800, sTypoDescender -200 (sum 1000)
Os2 Win
usWinAscent 1100, usWinDescent 300 (sum 1400)
Use Typo Metrics
true
Fs Selection Bit7
set
Paired With
NovusMetricsDisagree.ttf (identical numbers, bit clear)

Testing contract

Expected to pass
Scenario
Measure the default line height, then compare with the disagree twin in the same renderer.
Expected result
A renderer that honours USE_TYPO_METRICS gives 100 px here and something larger for the twin; a renderer that ignores the bit gives the same wrong answer for both.

What is a .ttf file?

TTF (TrueType Font) is a scalable outline font format developed by Apple and Microsoft that uses quadratic Bezier curves and includes hinting for sharp rendering at small sizes. It stores glyph outlines, metrics, and character mappings in a single file. It is one of the most widely supported desktop and web font formats.

How to use this file

Use an example TTF to test font parsers, glyph and metric extraction, text-rendering pipelines, and converters that produce web font formats like WOFF.

How to use this file for testing

“TTF — Same Disagreeing Metrics with USE_TYPO_METRICS Set” is a deterministic Novus Examples fixture for Conversion testing, Metadata testing. The same content exported across many formats and linked as a group, so you can convert one and diff against the expected twin.

Documented properties for this file: seed 20260807. Compare results against paired or grouped companions on this page when present (clean↔damaged, searchable↔scanned, or format twins) so scores stay reproducible across runs.

Download the file once, keep the path stable in CI or local scripts, and treat the spec table as the contract: dimensions, seeds, field lists, and roles are intentional. Corrupt or invalid samples are labelled as such — expect parsers to fail loudly rather than silently accept them.

Font fixtures carry a small documented glyph set across the common wrappers. Test font loaders, subsetting, and @font-face; the specimen preview renders the glyphs the face actually maps.

Code examples

@font-face {
  font-family: "Sample";
  src: url("NovusMetricsUseTypo.ttf");
}
body { font-family: "Sample", sans-serif; }

Generated by generation/fonts_p7.py. Free for any use, no attribution required — license.