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x-height
[ eks-hahyt ]
noun
, Typography.
- the height of a lowercase x.
x-height
noun
- printing the height of lower case letters of a typeface, without ascenders or descenders
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Other Words From
- x-high [eks, -, hahy], adjective
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Word History and Origins
Origin of x-height1
First recorded in 1945–50
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Example Sentences
While it’s common to simply increase the point size to make text easier to read, Mr Stobberup says that readability is actually determined by x-height.
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The x-height is the height of most lowercase letters in the Latin alphabet, and makes up nearly all of the printed marks on a page.
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The x-height can be increased without enlarging all of the text.
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For many designers, increasing the x-height is key to increasing legibility .
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This has a larger x-height than, for instance, the popular typeface Garamond.
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