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(Spoiler?) I think it's called "above the line" "below the line" because the characters in each of the accepted words don't travel below the "character placeme
by marviel 7y ago
(Spoiler?)
I think it's called "above the line" "below the line" because the characters in each of the accepted words don't travel below the "character placement line" that runs along the bottom of every word. I've forgotten the "real name" for this line.
Thus,
toothpaste -> below the line, because of "p"
tooth -> above the line, no characters pass below it.
Generally, if the word contains a y,p,q,g, or j, then it's "below".
Right?
EDITS:
1: TIL the name for this property of a character is called a descender[1]. (And yet I still can't find the name for that blasted line.)
2: It's called a baseline[2], thanks taylorlunt
REFS:
[1] https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/descender https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/descender
[2] https://typedecon.com/blogs/type-glossary/baseline/ https://typedecon.com/blogs/type-glossary/baseline/
- taylorlunt 7y agoThe line is called a baseline.
- marviel 7y agoThanks :)
- 9wzYQbTYsAIc 7y agoThat reminds me of “green glass door” and what you can and can’t take with you to magic land through the door.
- bspammer 7y agoThis is the right answer! I think it was made harder in the camp due to "above the line" and "below the line" already having semantic meaning in the context of the camp, most kids didn't expect that to literally be the answer.
- marviel 7y agoyeah that makes sense, thanks for sharing it with us! I'll likely use it to mystify kids someday soon.