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The part of lowercase b, d, f, h, k, l, and t, that extends above the body of the letters. See typeface.

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• Printing and Typefaces - ascender: part of lowercase letter that rises above x-height, as in b, d, f, or h

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - opadgående sløjfe, opadgående streg

Nederlands (Dutch)
stijgende stok van letters, letter met stijgende stok, een stijgend voorwerp/ persoon

Français (French)
n. - hampe ascendante

Deutsch (German)
n. - Buchstabenstengel, Aufsteiger

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - άνω πατούρα γράμματος

Português (Portuguese)
n. - ascendente (m) (f)

Русский (Russian)
высшая часть строчной буквы

Español (Spanish)
n. - trazo alto, cabeza, letra larga

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - en som stiger uppåt

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
上升的人事物, 小写字体中超出x字体高度部分

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 上升的人事物, 小寫字體中超出x字體高度部分

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 올라가는 사람[것], X보다 위오 나온 부분

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - のぼる人, アセンダー

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) صاعد, متسلق‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮חלק האות מעל לשורה‬

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