ascender

Noun

Meaning

(printing) the part of tall lowercase letters that extends above the other lowercase letters

a lowercase letter that has a part extending above other lowercase letters

someone who ascends

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

bevel mountaineer back body capital letter cap scaler gainer print counter stem stamp climb climbing
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Antonyms

lower fall reduce contract decline decrease
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Hypernyms

line letter mover alphabetic character letter of the alphabet

Hyponyms

climber mounter

Related terms

ascent ascending ascend ascendancy ascendant ascendency

Anagrams

reascend

Examples

Also used was the Tironian note (a character similar to the digit 7) for the conjunction and, and a thorn with a crossbar through the ascender for the pronoun þæt main. Source: Internet

The line-height is the area defined by the ascender and descender of each glyph in a font. Source: Internet

Other ascender letters with carons, such as letters ȟ (used in Finnish Romani and Lakota ) and ǩ (used in Skolt Sami ), did not modify their carons to superscript commas. Source: Internet

Alternatively, you can use a foot ascender. Source: Internet

We also have a descender, which is where lowercase letters that are below the baseline align, and an ascender. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

ascendence ascendency ascendent ascendeur ascendible ascending