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Ubo Town
3,227 Pointshigh x heigth
I am embarrassed to ask this question, but do not understand the explanation that she gives about highxheight.
1 Answer
Peter Vann
36,425 PointsHi Ubo!
High x heigh just means that the top of the lowercase letters in a word are closer to the top of any potential uppercase letter.
Low x height just means that the top of the lowercase letters in a word are further from the top of any potential uppercase letter.
Examples:
In high x height, an e might be 2/3 as tall as an E.
In low x height, an e would be more like 1/2 as tall as E.
In other words, the difference in heights between lowercase and uppercase characters is greater in low x height fonts than in high x height fonts.
Does that make sense?
I hope that helps.
Stay safe and happy coding!