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Noun Concept
Categories: Typography
EN
ascender
EN
(printing) the part of tall lowercase letters that extends above the other lowercase letters WordNet 3.0
English:
typography
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(printing) the part of tall lowercase letters that extends above the other lowercase letters WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet
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. Wikipedia
A font feature Wikipedia Disambiguation
Portion of a minuscule letter in a Latin-derived alphabet that extends above the mean line of a font or script Wikidata
The portion of a lowercase letter that extends above the midline. Wiktionary
Typography. Wiktionary (translation)
IS A
line
PART OF
lowercase letter
CATEGORY DOMAIN
printing
OPPOSITE OF
descender
WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet
EN
ascender
Wikipedia
EN
ascender (typography)
Wikidata
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ascender
Wiktionary
EN
ascender

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