Drew Ink The year

Descender

The part of a letter dropping below the baseline, as in g, j, p and y.

Descender: a letter in the house face with the descender marked in vermilion.
Descender, drawn, Drew Ink. Drawn 2026-09-09.
Descender: a letter in Drew Slab Regular with the descender marked in vermilion.
Descender, drawn, in Drew Slab Regular, Drew Ink. Drawn 2026-09-29.

Near it

AscenderBaselineLeadingTail

What it is made of

measured on this shelfthe 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 0.3000measured 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
shallowDrew Poster at 0.2009
deepDrew Extrude at 0.4248Extrude 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