ascender

latvapiirto

yläpituus

nousija puhekieltä The portion of a lowercase letter that extends above the midline.
2004, (w), (w), Bloomsbury, 2005, Chapter 1,

Catherine had a paperback called Graphology: The Mind in the Hand, which gave her all sorts of warnings about people’s tendencies and repressions (“Artist or Madman?” “Pet or Brute?”). “It's those enormous ascenders, darling,” she said: “I see a lot of ego.”