Look up: descender

1. descender
   (text) A lowercase letter that extends below the base line, such as 'g', 'j', or 'p'. Also used to denote the part of the letter extending below the base line. Compare ascender. (1998-03-27)
   Found on http://foldoc.org/descender
   
   
2. descender
   The part of lowercase letters (such as y, p, and q) that descends below the baseline of the other lowercase letters in a font face. In some typefaces, the uppercase J and Q also descend below the baseline.
   Found on http://www.jgoffin.freeserve.co.uk/abf/g
   
   
3. descender
   [n] - someone who descends 2. [n] - a lowercase letter that has a part extending below other lowercase letters 3. [n] - (printing) the part of lowercase letters that extends below the other lowercase letters
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4. Descender
   In written or typed script, many letters have the same height: a, c, e, m, n, o, r, s, u, v, w, x, z. Some letters have parts which extend below this: g, j, p, q, y. These parts are called descenders. In some fonts, f and z have descenders.
   Found on http://www.standards.dfes.gov.uk/primary
   
   
5. Descender
   Any part of a lower case letter that extends below the x-height, as in the case of g, p, q y and j.
   Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/20829
   
   
6. descender
   The lowest portion of letters, such as 'g' or 'j,' that extends below the baseline.
   Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/visitor-contrib
   
   
7. Descender
   De·scend'er noun One who descends.
   Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/D/44
   
   
8. descender
   noun (printing) the part of lowercase letters that extends below the other lowercase letters
   Found on http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/web
   
   
9. descender
   noun someone who descends
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10. Descender
    • (n.) One who descends.
    Found on http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning
    
    
11. Descender
    The part of the letters g, j, p, q, y, and sometimes J, that extends below the baseline.
    Found on http://www.precisionintermedia.com/about
    
    
12. Descender
    Any part in a lowercase letter that extends below the baseline, found for example in g, j, p, q, y, etc. Some types of descenders have specific names.
    Found on http://www.fontshop.com/glossary/
    
    
13. Descender
    In typography, a `descender` is the portion of a letter that extends below the baseline of a font. For example, in the letter y, the descender would be the "tail," or that portion of the diagonal line which lies below the v created by the two lines converging. In the letter <...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Descender