Ascender

The ascenders are the parts of the characters that lie above the midline, highlighted in red.

In typography, an ascender is the portion of a letter in a Latin-derived alphabet that extends above the midline of a font. That is, the part of the letter that is taller than the font's x-height.

See also: Descender

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