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x-height: a standalone construct

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Typography

the height of a typeface's lowercase letters without ascenders or descenders, which largely sets how big type looks and how legible it is at a given point size.

In typography, x-height refers to the height of a typeface's lowercase letters without ascenders or descenders, which largely sets how big type looks and how legible it is at a given point size. This meaning comes from Legge (2011) in Journal of Vision.[1]

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References

Legge, G. E., & Bigelow, C. A. (2011). Does print size matter for reading? A review of findings from vision science and typography. Journal of Vision, 11(5), 8-8. https://doi.org/10.1167/11.5.8

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