Descenders

In typographyTypography is the art and technique of arranging letters to make written language legible, readable ... and handwriting, descenders are the opposite of ascendersIn typography and handwriting, an ascender is the portion of a minuscule letter in a Latin-derived a.... They are the portion of a letter that extends below the baselineIn typography, the baseline is the imaginary horizontal line upon which the main body of a letter si... of a fontA font is a set of printable or displayable text character s in a specific style and size. The type.... For example, the lowercase letters g, j, q, p and in the letter y, the descenderIn typography and handwriting, a descender is the downward vertical stroke of a letter that extends ... is the “tail”, or that portion of the diagonal line which lies below the v created by the two lines converging. In some fonts, the lowercase f, capital Q and J and certain numbers are also descenders.