Descender
The part of a letter dropping below the baseline, as in g, j, p and y.
Near it
What it is made of
| measured on this shelf | the p's ink below the baseline, over the height of that face's x: 0.2009 on Drew Poster to 0.4248 on Drew Extrude, with Drew Hairline at 0.3000 | measured over all 23 house families, Regular, on the fixed shelf, 2026-09-24. Pixel at 0.1802, the shallow pole this row carried, was measured on an earlier shelf; Extrude's 0.4248 is unchanged |
| shallow | Drew Poster at 0.2009 | |
| deep | Drew Extrude at 0.4248 | Extrude draws the letter with the letter behind it, so part of that depth is the extrusion rather than the descender, which is why the number is given with the face named and not alone |
Ascender
Baseline
Leading
Tail