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From: rws@EXPO.LCS.MIT.EDU (Bob Scheifler)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.x
Subject: Re: font descent
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Date: 13 Mar 89 13:43:53 GMT
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    Next, R3 redefined font descent to be a negative short rather than a
    positive short.

To my knowledge, the spec has not changed (font-descent will normally be
non-negative).