x height

Definitions

Media Studies

• noun
  (written as x-height)
  the height of the lowercase letter ‘x’ in a typeface, used as a measure of the height of the main body of all lowercase letters in that typeface

Publishing

• noun the height of the main central part of a printed character such as the letter x, which does not have an ascender or descender

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Contexts for “x height”

2 definitions in context
• Media Studies
• Publishing