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  • Baseline | Definition and Translations

    In certain scripts (e.g. Latin, Cyrillic, Greek), the baseline is the line upon which letters (without descenders) sit.

     

    Dutch: basislijn
    French: ligne de base
    German: Grundlinie
    Italian: linea di base
    Norwegian: Grunnlinje
    Polish: podstawowa linia pisma
    Portuguese: linha de base
    Russian: линия шрифта
    Spanish: línea de base
    Turkish: Zemin (Taban Hattı)
    Ukrainian: Базова лінія шрифту
    Ralf Herrmann By Ralf Herrmann ()
    Contributors: Yevgen Sadko RolfR Diogo Ramos Moreira Przemysław Sakrajda Frode Helland Сергей Пономаренко tipografi

    Terms linking to this term:
    x-height
    Academy Lessons linking to this term:
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