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Today's Tittle: Descender
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THE PART OF A LOWERCASE LETTER THAT DROPS BELOW THE BASELINE (g, j, p, q, y).
The term 'descender' comes directly from the Latin 'descendere', meaning 'to climb down' or 'to descend'.
This naming convention dates back to medieval times when monks were hand-copying manuscripts and needed a way to describe these distinctive letter features.
When movable type printing emerged in the 15th century, these terms became a standard language in typography.
