Ascender (typography), the Glossary
In typography and handwriting, an ascender is the portion of a minuscule letter in a Latin-derived alphabet that extends above the mean line of a font.[1]
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15 relations: Adobe Inc., All caps, Bembo, Cap height, Controlled-access highway, Descender, Garamond, Grapheme, Handwriting, Letter case, Mean line, Road signs in the United Kingdom, Typeface, Typography, X-height.
Adobe Inc.
Adobe Inc., formerly Adobe Systems Incorporated, is an American computer software company based in San Jose, California.
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All caps
In typography, text or font in all caps (short for "all capitals") contains capital letters without any lowercase letters. Ascender (typography) and all caps are typography.
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Bembo
Bembo is a serif typeface created by the British branch of the Monotype Corporation in 1928–1929 and most commonly used for body text.
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Cap height
In typography, cap height is the height of a capital letter above the baseline for a particular typeface. Ascender (typography) and cap height are typography.
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Controlled-access highway
A controlled-access highway is a type of highway that has been designed for high-speed vehicular traffic, with all traffic flow—ingress and egress—regulated.
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Descender
In typography and handwriting, a descender is the portion of a letter that extends below the baseline of a font. Ascender (typography) and descender are typography.
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Garamond
Garamond is a group of many serif typefaces, named for sixteenth-century Parisian engraver Claude Garamond, generally spelled as Garamont in his lifetime.
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Grapheme
In linguistics, a grapheme is the smallest functional unit of a writing system. Ascender (typography) and grapheme are typography.
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Handwriting
Handwriting is the personal and unique style of writing with a writing instrument, such as a pen or pencil in the hand.
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Letter case
Letter case is the distinction between the letters that are in larger uppercase or capitals (or more formally majuscule) and smaller lowercase (or more formally minuscule) in the written representation of certain languages. Ascender (typography) and letter case are typography.
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Mean line
In typography, the mean line is the imaginary line at the top of the x-height. Ascender (typography) and mean line are typography.
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Road signs in the United Kingdom
Road signs in the United Kingdom and in its associated Crown dependencies and overseas territories conform broadly to European design norms, though a number of signs are unique: direction signs omit European route numbers, and road signs generally use the imperial system of units (miles and yards), unlike the rest of Europe (kilometres and metres).
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Typeface
A typeface (or font family) is a design of letters, numbers and other symbols, to be used in printing or for electronic display. Ascender (typography) and typeface are typography.
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Typography
Typography is the art and technique of arranging type to make written language legible, readable and appealing when displayed.
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X-height
alt. Ascender (typography) and X-height are typography.
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