Body height (typography) - AbsoluteAstronomy.com

for the height of a human body, see Human height
Human height
Human height is the distance from the bottom of the feet to the top of the head in a human body standing erect.When populations share genetic background and environmental factors, average height is frequently characteristic within the group...

In typography

Typography

Typography is the art and technique of arranging type in order to make language visible. The arrangement of type involves the selection of typefaces, point size, line length, leading , adjusting the spaces between groups of letters and adjusting the space between pairs of letters...

, the body height refers to the distance between the top of the tallest letterform to the bottom of the lowest one .

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