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art lining
a system for aligning type in which the baseline is established some distance above the bottom of the body to accommodate letters with unusually long descenders. -
backdoor play
an offensive tactic whereby a player breaks away from a defender to receive a pass near the baseline in order to make a quick layup. -
melon dome
a hemispherical dome with a circular base and a ribbed vault divided into individual webs, each of which has a baseline curved segmentally in plan and also curved in elevation. -
old style
Also, oldstyle. Printing. a type style differentiated from modern by the more or less uniform thickness of all strokes and by slanted serifs. -
standard lining
a system for aligning type so that all fonts of the same point size have a common baseline. -
title lining
a system for aligning type in which the baseline is established close to the edge of the body, used especially for titles set in capitals that have no descenders.