Ascenders

In typographyTypography is the art and technique of arranging letters to make written language legible, readable ... and handwriting, an ascenderIn typography and handwriting, an ascender is the part of a lower-case letter that extends above the... is the portion of a minuscule letter in a Latin-derived alphabet that extends above the mean line of a fontA font is a set of printable or displayable text character s in a specific style and size. The type.... That is, the part of a lower-case letter that is taller than the font’s x-heightIn typography, the x-height or corpus size, is the height of a lower-case letter or distance between.... AscendersIn typography and handwriting, an ascender is the portion of a minuscule letter in a Latin-derived a..., together with descendersIn typography and handwriting, descenders are the opposite of ascenders. They are the portion of a ..., increase the recognizability of words. In a majority of typefaces, the lowercase letters b, d, f, h, k and l are ascendersIn typography and handwriting, an ascender is the portion of a minuscule letter in a Latin-derived a.... Careful though, the letter t is not an ascenderIn typography and handwriting, an ascender is the part of a lower-case letter that extends above the....