A typographic term referring to the height of letters with neither ascenders nor descenders, such as the letter x. The x-height of a typeface plays a major role in its apparent size - typefaces with a high x-height look significantly larger than typefaces with a low x-height, even when both are set the same point size.
("X-height") Defined as the height of a lowercase letter, not including ascenders and descenders.
That part of a letter with no ascender or descender - an 'a' or an 'x' for example.
The height of a lowercase "x" in a particular typeface.
In typography, the x-height or corpus size refers to the height of the lower case letters in a font. Typically, this is the height of the letter x in the font (which is where the terminology came from), as well as the a, c, e, m, n, o, r, s, u, v, w, and z. However, in modern typography, the x-height is simply a design characteristic of the font, and while an x is usually exactly one x-height in height, this is not always the case. Letters whose height is greater than the x-height either have descenders which extend below the baseline, such as y, g, q and p, or have ascenders which extend above the x-height, such as l, k, b and d. The ratio of the x-height to the body height is one of the major characteristics that defines the appearance of a font. The x-height of a given font is called one ex in that font, similarly to the way the width of the uppercase m is called one em.
The height of lowercase letters, without ascenders or descenders, as measured from the baseline.
The height of the body of lowercase letters, without the ascenders and descenders.
The height of the lowercase "x" in any typesize.
Printing lingo for the height of the lowercase letters of a given font or typeface.
the height of a letter excluding the ascenders and descending; e.g. 'x', which is also height of the main body.
The height of a typeface's lowercase letters, excluding ascenders and descenders.
a value often expressed as a percentage that measures the height of the body of lowercase letters in a type face, or in proportion to the upper case letters.
The height of lower case characters without considering any ascenders and descenders. The is a good example of this measurement.
The height of the lower case "x"; it is taken to be representative of the height of the lowercase letters of a typeface without their ascenders or descenders.
The height of a letter excluding the ascenders and descenders. As an example, "x", which has neither ascender nor descender.
The height of lowercase letters such as ‘x’, which do not have ascenders or descenders. The lowercase 'x' is used for measurement since it usually sits squarely on the baseline.
The height of a type character that has no ascenders or descenders (e.g., a, c, e, m, o, x, and z.). Typically the height of x and z are used as representatives of a type face family's x-height. Other term: z-height.
the vertical height of the small x above the base line ( the line to which the main parts of all small letters are aligned at the top.
A way of measuring type, it's the height of the lower case letter "x" in the particular font.
