ascender
One who rises
An ascender is the part of a lowercase letter that rises above the main body of text—the upward strokes in b, d, f, h, k, l, and t.
In typography, ascender height affects line spacing and the overall look of a typeface.
Separately, an ascender is someone or something that ascends: The climbers used mechanical ascenders to grip the rope.
A character's visual structure
- stemPlant's central axis
- armUpper body limb
- apexUppermost point or culmination
- bowlConcave food container
counter · baseline · x-height · serif · sans-serif · typeface · font · kerning
High-peak climber
- mountaineerProfessional summit climber
- rock climberOne who scales cliffs
- belayAnchor a rope
- carabinerSpring-gated metal link
harness · rappel · pitch · crampons · ice axe · lead climbing · bouldering · free soloing
letterform
A character's visual structure
bowl · counter · baseline · x-height · serif · sans-serif · typeface · font · kerning · stroke
alpinist
High-peak climber
- mountaineerProfessional summit climber
- rock climberOne who scales cliffs
- belayAnchor a rope
carabiner · harness · rappel · pitch · crampons · ice axe · lead climbing · bouldering · free soloing · summiteer
peak
Utmost height attained
crest · top · heights · culmination · mountaintop · crown · vertex · acme · highpoint · capstone
climb
Ascend using effort
mount · uplift · upward · skyward · escalate · levitate · heighten · advance · upsurge
- graphic designlogo, font, typography, layout, color
- expedition gearbackpack, binoculars, compass, climbing rope, canteen
- handwritingcursive, block letters, penmanship, print letters, legible
- climbingrock climbing, free climbing, belay, bouldering, carabiner
- mountaineeringsummit, alpinist, mountaineer, ice axe, ice axes
- typographyletters, font, calligraphy, font design, sans serif