Ascender

2 definitions found

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  ascender
       n 1: someone who ascends
       2: a lowercase letter that has a part extending above other
          lowercase letters
       3: (printing) the part of tall lowercase letters that extends
          above the other lowercase letters



From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03) [foldoc]:

  ascender
       
           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)