ceriph

Noun

 * 1) * 1891-1892', P. L. A. Garint, "THE FACE AND STANDARD OF TYPE", IN The Inland Printer''
 * "en"
 * "en"

- This article advises, besides a standard of width, one of body and one of the depth of face—the last I take as meaning the distance from the top ceriph of say the lower case "m" to the bottom ceriph of the same letter.