Overshoot (typography)
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title:
Overshoot (typography)
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In typeface design, the overshoot of a round or pointed letter is the degree to which it extends higher or lower than a comparably sized "flat" letter, to achieve an optical effect of being the same size; it compensates for inaccuracies in human visual perception. Formally, overshoot is the degree to which capital letters go below the baseline or above the cap height, or to which a lowercase letter goes below the baseline or above the x-height. For example, the highest and lowest extent of the c
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Overshoots are where letters extend.
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Overshoot_(typography)
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2024-04-01T21:53:34Z
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