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What is an ascender?

What is an ascender? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. (typography, graphology) The portion of a lowercase letter that extends above the midline.
  2. (climbing) a mechanical device used for ascending on a rope
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All you have to do is to fix your ascender to the fixed rope which prevents you from taking any risks, and you follow in the tracks made by the high altitude Sherpas.
The unusually extended ascender heights introduce a certain liveliness into what is otherwise a rather austere typeface.
Within each triplet set, the items were matched for rhyme and whether the initial letter was an ascender, descender, or x-height.
The weakest point in this guy rope setup is the cam on the ascender.
The safety harness is fastened to the continuous rope by an ascender and snap hooks.
Before reaching the half ascender made a spurt and was third, but he soon died away, Drake Carter taking third place.

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