Reading 3 Notes – Anatomy of Text
*Cap height = distance from baseline to top of CAPITAL LETTER determines letter’s point size.
*X-height = height of main body of LOWERCASE letter (or height of lowercase x) EXCLUDING descenders and ascenders)
*Overhang balances the text, without it letters would appear to teeter (not good!)
Greatest density occurs between baseline and x-height in a field of text.