textDescent()

Returns descent of the current font at its current size. This information is useful for determining the height of the font below the baseline.

• size(400, 400);
  float base = height * 0.75;
  float scalar = 0.8; // Different for each font
  
  textSize(128); // Set initial text size
  textSize(128); // Set initial text size
  float a = textDescent() * scalar; // Calc ascent
  line(0, base+a, width, base+a);
  text("dp", 0, base); // Draw text on baseline
  
  textSize(256); // Increase text size
  a = textDescent() * scalar; // Recalc ascent
  line(160, base+a, width, base+a);
  text("dp", 160, base); // Draw text on baseline

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• textDescent()

• float

• textAscent()