Ascender


a person or thing that ascends or causes ascension.
printing.

the part of a lowercase letter, as b, d, f, h, that rises above x-height.
a letter rising above x-height, as b, d, f, h, etc.

historical examples

the head of a stem (especially of an ascender) should be slightly wider than the foot (fig. 83).
writing & illuminating, & lettering edward johnston

before reaching the half ascender made a spurt and was third, but he soon died away, drake carter taking third place.
history of the kentucky derby, 1875-1921 john lawrence o’connor

noun
(printing)

the part of certain lower-case letters, such as b or h, that extends above the body of the letter
any letter having such a part

a person or thing that ascends
another word for ascendeur

text
a lowercase letter that extends above the “x-height” (the height of the letter “x”), such as “d”, “t”, or “h”. also used to denote the part of the letter extending above the x-height.
compare descender.
(1998-03-27)

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