<div dir="ltr"><div>Hi Doug,</div><div><br></div>That depends on what you mean by a "typical" line of text. It varies quite a bit among subjects. <div><br></div><div>If you take the realm of all words in the English language, as defined by OED or MW it is 6.7%, but if you take a Shakeapearean text it will go down to 4% and on scientific text it can go up to around 8%.</div><div><br></div><div>Paulo Ney</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Sat, May 4, 2024 at 9:01 AM Doug McKenna <<a href="mailto:doug@mathemaesthetics.com">doug@mathemaesthetics.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">A question for the typesetting cogniscenti.<br>
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On a typical line of Times-Roman English text, with a usual mix of upper- and lowercase characters, what percentage of those lowercase characters have descenders below the baseline?<br>
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Doug McKenna<br>
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