The height of a lower-case x, considered characteristic of a given typeface or script.
高度（小写体x的高度）
Example sentencesExamples
However, compared to fonts such as Verdana, currently this site's default, Gill Sans is very narrow and also looks pretty small (a small x-height)?
It had a slightly higher x-height and overall, making it look bigger and easier to read.
I can't think of any other suitable explanation for such consistent kerning and x-height.
I'm imagining a lot of snobbish backroom complaining: ‘The lowercase x-height is ghastly!’
Within each triplet set, the items were matched for rhyme and whether the initial letter was an ascender, descender, or x-height.
The x-height is usually the height of the unextended lowercase letters.
The x-height in proportion to the cap height can vary radically from one typeface to another.
If you're wondering why designers didn't anticipate this problem by simply designing fonts with larger x-heights and blobby serifs, you are not alone: you stand together with Tony Stan, designer of ITC Garamond.
Definition of x-height in US English:
x-height
nounˈekshīt
The height of a lower-case x, considered characteristic of a given typeface or script.
高度（小写体x的高度）
Example sentencesExamples
If you're wondering why designers didn't anticipate this problem by simply designing fonts with larger x-heights and blobby serifs, you are not alone: you stand together with Tony Stan, designer of ITC Garamond.
Within each triplet set, the items were matched for rhyme and whether the initial letter was an ascender, descender, or x-height.
The x-height in proportion to the cap height can vary radically from one typeface to another.
However, compared to fonts such as Verdana, currently this site's default, Gill Sans is very narrow and also looks pretty small (a small x-height)?
The x-height is usually the height of the unextended lowercase letters.
I'm imagining a lot of snobbish backroom complaining: ‘The lowercase x-height is ghastly!’
It had a slightly higher x-height and overall, making it look bigger and easier to read.
I can't think of any other suitable explanation for such consistent kerning and x-height.