Uppercase characters are vertically misaligned in the text line

[myandrienko]

For vertical alignment purposes it's convenient to have uppercase characters aligned to the middle of the text line. For that, descender metric should be equal to (ascender - cap height). This is also a recommendation from Google Fonts: https://googlefonts.github.io/gf-guide/metrics.html#9-uppercases-should-be-centered-in-the-text-line

In Commissioner, the metrics are:

Ascent: 2034
Descent: -412
Cap height: 1426

So the gap above the top of uppercase characters is $2034 - 1426 = 608$ units, but the gap below is just 412 units.

I suggest to increase descent, decrease ascent, or both.

[kosbarts]

@myandrienko I am aware of the uneven metrics. However it is not high on my priorities to do any work on Commissioner at the time being. I'll keep your request in mind though. Thanks.

[myandrienko]

@kosbarts Thanks for the response!

If anyone else encounters this problem when using Commissioner as a web font, the following solution works in modern browsers except Safari:

@font-face {
  font-family: "Commissioner";
  /* ... */
  ascent-override: 96.3%;
  descent-override: 25%;
}

This sets ascent to 1926 (0.963em given 2000 units-per-em of Commissioner), and descent to 500 (0.25em).

[kosbarts]

Since this a published Google Font we can't make a change in the vertical metrics. I am sorry.