Ascenders

Below you will see pairs of letters.  Choose the letter with the ascender.

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Which of the following words contain(s) a letter with an ascender?

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Read some words containing letters with ascenders:

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Deceptive flourishes and graph variations

Ascenders along with other letters are sometimes elongated along the top line of writing on a folio - these are called litterae elongatae. They are not majuscules.

Both a and b are elongated here. Only the b has an ascender.

They can also be a particular graph that has evolved to have a slightly elongated stroke, such as the tall a (commonly seen in some English manuscripts):

-ta

Note how much higher the a is than the letter t preceding it. Not every tall letter has an ascender. For example, in some English scripts (such as Cursiva Antiquior), the two-compartment a extends far above the headline.

Which words contain letterforms that go above the headline without being ascenders?

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Some ascenders are bifurcated, meaning that they appear to be split in two at the top of the stroke. 

b	h	l

Bold, bifurcated ascenders are a sign of Anglicana, a script that originated in thirteenth-century England.  The stroke loops to the left as well as the right.

Which of these words contain(s) a bifurcated ascender?

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