descenders

DEBBIE EVANS: And they also have machines now called descenders and accelerators that can put you on a wire and assimilate the same thing, basically as a high fall, and you ` re a lot safer.

CNN Transcript Oct 13, 2005 2005

I use vertical-align when aligning icons next to text (e.g icons with "descenders" that need to be aligned with the text bottom).

Original Signal - Transmitting Buzz 2008

Ted Mouths Off: NHL descenders and ascenders - USATODAY. com

Ted Mouths Off: NHL descenders and ascenders 2009

Xopher: they think they're all ascenders and no descenders.

Making Light: The "agency model" as I understand it 2010

They have no sense of proportion; they think they're all ascenders and no descenders.

Making Light: The "agency model" as I understand it 2010

Monospaced with very short descenders and thick font weight for better readability on low fidelity CRT displays.

Archive 2009-02-01 2009

Monospaced with very short descenders and thick font weight for better readability on low fidelity CRT displays.

DOS System Font 2009

Some types, like Stone or Optima, have a large x-height, which means the ascenders and descenders are correspondingly short.

Font Rage Part Deux « We Don't Count Your Own Visits To Your Blog 2006

Something with a bit more elegance, like a classical Garamond or Centaur, will have a smaller x-height and longer ascenders and descenders.

Font Rage Part Deux « We Don't Count Your Own Visits To Your Blog 2006

I remember, Ridge Racer R4 was quite stylish, but had some awful typography messed up descenders and I'm pretty sure it was because the Japanese designers had too little experience with western typography.

FFXII diary. Mostly rants 2007