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srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/39/Typography_Line_Terms.svg/660px-Typography_Line_Terms.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/39/Typography_Line_Terms.svg/880px-Typography_Line_Terms.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="361" data-file-height="97" /></a><figcaption></figcaption></figure> <p>In <a href="/wiki/Typography" title="Typography">typography</a>, the <b>x-height,</b> or <b>corpus size,</b> is the distance between the <a href="/wiki/Baseline_(typography)" title="Baseline (typography)">baseline</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Mean_line" title="Mean line">mean line</a> of lowercase letters in a <a href="/wiki/Typeface" title="Typeface">typeface</a>. Typically, this is the height of the letter <i>x</i> in the font (the source of the term), as well as the letters <i>v</i>, <i>w</i>, and <i>z</i>. (Curved letters such as <i>a</i>, <i>c</i>, <i>e</i>, <i>m</i>, <i>n</i>, <i>o</i>, <i>r</i>, <i>s</i>, and <i>u</i> tend to exceed the x-height slightly, due to <a href="/wiki/Overshoot_(typography)" title="Overshoot (typography)">overshoot</a>; <i>i</i> has a dot that tends to go above x-height.) One of the most important <a href="/wiki/Typographic_unit" title="Typographic unit">dimensions of a font</a>, x-height defines how high lowercase letters without <a href="/wiki/Ascender_(typography)" title="Ascender (typography)">ascenders</a> are compared to the <a href="/wiki/Cap_height" title="Cap height">cap height</a> of uppercase letters. </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Regular_and_caption_fonts.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4d/Regular_and_caption_fonts.png/220px-Regular_and_caption_fonts.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="138" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4d/Regular_and_caption_fonts.png/330px-Regular_and_caption_fonts.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4d/Regular_and_caption_fonts.png/440px-Regular_and_caption_fonts.png 2x" data-file-width="7471" data-file-height="4686" /></a><figcaption>Regular and caption styles of two typefaces, <a href="/wiki/PT_Sans" class="mw-redirect" title="PT Sans">PT Sans</a> and <a href="/wiki/EB_Garamond" title="EB Garamond">EB Garamond</a>. The caption styles both have increased x-heights to make the text clear even printed small. EB Garamond's is also very visibly bolder.</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Original-CG.gif" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/64/Original-CG.gif/220px-Original-CG.gif" decoding="async" width="220" height="128" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/64/Original-CG.gif/330px-Original-CG.gif 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/64/Original-CG.gif/440px-Original-CG.gif 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="292" /></a><figcaption>French renaissance typefaces, 1592. The smaller typeface at the bottom has a proportionally higher x-height.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>a<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></figcaption></figure> <p><a href="/wiki/Display_typeface" title="Display typeface">Display typefaces</a> intended to be used at large sizes, such as on signs and posters, vary in x-height. Many have high x-heights to be read clearly from a distance. This, though, is not universal: some display typefaces such as <a href="/wiki/Cochin_(typeface)" title="Cochin (typeface)">Cochin</a> and <a href="/wiki/Koch-Antiqua" title="Koch-Antiqua">Koch-Antiqua</a> intended for publicity uses have low x-heights, to give them a more elegant, delicate appearance, a mannerism that was particularly common in the early twentieth century.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Letters_of_Credit_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Letters_of_Credit-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Many sans-serif designs that are intended for display text have high x-heights, such as <a href="/wiki/Helvetica" title="Helvetica">Helvetica</a> or, more extremely, <a href="/wiki/Impact_(typeface)" title="Impact (typeface)">Impact</a>. </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Thank_You_(13824254433).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2f/Thank_You_%2813824254433%29.jpg/220px-Thank_You_%2813824254433%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2f/Thank_You_%2813824254433%29.jpg/330px-Thank_You_%2813824254433%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2f/Thank_You_%2813824254433%29.jpg/440px-Thank_You_%2813824254433%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4608" data-file-height="3072" /></a><figcaption>Extra-small x-height in handwritten (but non-cursive) sign</figcaption></figure> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Design_considerations">Design considerations</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=X-height&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Design considerations"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Medium x-heights are found on fonts intended for body text, allowing more balance and contrast between upper- and <a href="/wiki/Lowercase" class="mw-redirect" title="Lowercase">lowercase</a> letters and a brighter page. They then increase again for <a href="/wiki/Font#Optical_size" title="Font">optical sizes</a> of fonts designed for small print, such as captions, so that they can be clearly read printed small.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-MicroPlus_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MicroPlus-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:General_x-height_sample_image.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/15/General_x-height_sample_image.png/220px-General_x-height_sample_image.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="47" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/15/General_x-height_sample_image.png/330px-General_x-height_sample_image.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/15/General_x-height_sample_image.png/440px-General_x-height_sample_image.png 2x" data-file-width="19611" data-file-height="4231" /></a><figcaption>Some common fonts on one line, comparing their usage and x-heights</figcaption></figure> <p>High x-heights on display typefaces were particularly common in designs in the 1960s and '70s, when <a href="/wiki/International_Typeface_Corporation" title="International Typeface Corporation">International Typeface Corporation</a> released popular variations of older designs with boosted x-heights; notable examples of this trend include <a href="/wiki/Avant_Garde_Gothic" class="mw-redirect" title="Avant Garde Gothic">Avant Garde Gothic</a> and <a href="/wiki/ITC_Garamond" class="mw-redirect" title="ITC Garamond">ITC Garamond</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> More recently, some typefaces such as <a href="/wiki/Mrs_Eaves" title="Mrs Eaves">Mrs Eaves</a>, <a href="/wiki/Neutraface" title="Neutraface">Neutraface</a> and <a href="/wiki/Brandon_Grotesque" title="Brandon Grotesque">Brandon Grotesque</a> have been issued with distinctively low x-heights to try to create a more elegant appearance. While computers allow fonts to be printed at any size, professional font designers such as Adobe issue fonts in a range of optical sizes optimized to be printed at different sizes.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> As an example of this, Mrs Eaves exists in two versions: an original style intended to give an elegant, bright appearance, and a less distinctive 'XL' design intended for body text.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Some research has suggested that while higher x-heights may help with reading smaller text, a very high x-height may be counterproductive, possibly because it becomes harder to identify the shape of a word if every letter is nearly the same height. For the same reason, some sign manuals discourage all-capitals text.<sup id="cite_ref-USSC_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-USSC-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Use_in_web_design">Use in web design</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=X-height&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Use in web design"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In <a href="/wiki/Computing" title="Computing">computing</a> one use of x-height is as a unit of measurement in <a href="/wiki/Web_page" title="Web page">web pages</a>. In <a href="/wiki/Cascading_Style_Sheets" class="mw-redirect" title="Cascading Style Sheets">CSS</a> and <a href="/wiki/LaTeX" title="LaTeX">LaTeX</a> the x-height is called an <i>ex</i>. The use of ex in dimensioning objects, however, is less stable than use of the <a href="/wiki/Em_(typography)" title="Em (typography)">em</a> across <a href="/wiki/Web_browser" title="Web browser">browsers</a>. <a href="/wiki/Internet_Explorer" title="Internet Explorer">Internet Explorer</a>, for example, dimensions ex at exactly one half of em, whereas <a href="/wiki/Mozilla_Firefox" class="mw-redirect" title="Mozilla Firefox">Mozilla Firefox</a> dimensions ex closer to the actual x-height of the <a href="/wiki/Font" title="Font">font</a>, rounded relative to the font's current <a href="/wiki/Pixel" title="Pixel">pixel</a> height. Thus, the exact ratio of ex to em can vary by font size within a browser if the determined values are rounded to the nearest whole unit. For example, a browser calculating an x-height of 45% on a font 10 pixels tall may round ex to either 4 pixels or 5 pixels or leave it at 4.5 pixels. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Other_important_dimensions">Other important dimensions</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=X-height&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Other important dimensions"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Lowercase letters whose height is greater than the x-height either have <a href="/wiki/Descender" title="Descender">descenders</a> which extend below the <a href="/wiki/Baseline_(typography)" title="Baseline (typography)">baseline</a>, such as <i>y</i>, <i>g</i>, <i>q</i>, and <i>p</i>, or have <a href="/wiki/Ascender_(typography)" title="Ascender (typography)">ascenders</a> which extend above the x-height, such as <i>l</i>, <i>k</i>, <i>b</i>, and <i>d</i>. 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