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Definition of Ascenders
1. ascender [n] - See also: ascender
Lexicographical Neighbors of Ascenders
Literary usage of Ascenders
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Letters & Lettering: A Treatise with 200 Examples by Frank Chouteau BROWN (1921)
"It will be noticed in the diagram that the " ascenders " of the smaller letters
rise about three squares to their extreme top points above the body of the ..."
2. Lettering by Thomas Wood Stevens (1916)
"Bright Ply] FIGURE Normal weight Normal ascenders Normal serifs High ascenders
Normal weight and serifs Low ascenders Normal weight and serifs Light weight ..."
3. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann (1913)
"As In Ireland, it is sometimes round broad, and squat (especially in the seventh
and eighth centuries), sometimes angular, with long and pointed ascenders. ..."
4. The Practice of Typography: A Treatise on the Processes of Type-making, the by Theodore Low De Vinne (1900)
"The round letters of the lower-case were unusually short for the body, with
ascenders and descenders so long that the composed types had the appearance of ..."
5. A Dictionary of the Art of Printing by William Savage (1841)
"... the mere shapes of the letters; these were cast on a square shank, with all
the ascenders and descenders hanging over the body, which is styled kerned. ..."
6. Texts and Their Traditions in the Medieval Library of Rochester Cathedral Priory by Mary P. Richards (1988)
"The Norman characteristics are pronounced: sharply angled finishing strokes,
short split ascenders, minuscule g with an elongated tail.36 In addition, ..."
7. Dutch Type by Jan Middendorp (2004)
"... body by drastically reducing the descenders ofg, j, p, q and y, thus creating
space-saving type without having to change the ascenders or the capitals. ..."
8. Principles and Practice of Show-card Writing, Prepared in the Extension by Lawrence E. Blair (1922)
"If a slanting serif is selected for the tips of the ascenders, letters with
horizontal serifs should not be used. The serifs at the base of the letters are ..."
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