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Small letter

Term · Industrial and trades · MLC-T-IND-005392

A lowercase character in typography, as opposed to an uppercase or capital letter. These characters form the majority of written text and are typically used for common nouns, verbs, and adjectives. The height of a small letter without ascenders or descenders is known as the x-height.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-IND-005392
FieldIndustrial and trades
SubjectIndustrial printing
TranslationsGerman: Gemeine Schrift; Spanish: minúscula; French: bas de casse
Record as JSON 
{
  "id": "MLC-T-IND-005392",
  "term": "Small letter",
  "field": "Industrial and trades",
  "definition": "A lowercase character in typography, as opposed to an uppercase or capital letter. These characters form the majority of written text and are typically used for common nouns, verbs, and adjectives. The height of a small letter without ascenders or descenders is known as the x-height.",
  "subject": "Industrial printing",
  "translations": {
    "de": "Gemeine Schrift",
    "es": "minúscula",
    "fr": "bas de casse"
  },
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/industrial/small-letter/"
}

Record 5,831 of 7,291 in Industrial and trades terminology (MLC-0113). Request the full dataset.