descenders
Letters' dangling tails
Descenders are the parts of lowercase letters that extend below the baseline—the tails of g, j, p, q, and y.
Typographers consider descender depth when setting line spacing; cramped descenders make text harder to read.
The term contrasts with ascenders, the upward strokes of letters like b, d, and h.
Seventeenth English letter
- yAlphabet's penultimate letter
- baselineStandard for comparison
- tailRear animal appendage
- loopCurve closing on itself
font · typeface · glyph · kerning · leading · serif · sans-serif · ascenders
q
Seventeenth English letter
loop · font · typeface · glyph · kerning · leading · serif · sans-serif · ascenders · x-height
rope
Thick twisted fibers
cliff · crevasse · abseil · carabiner · friction · braking · vertical · overhang · canyon · caving
offspring
Biological descendants produced
ancestry · bloodline · posterity · generations · family · kinship · inheritance · legacy · dynasty · successors
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