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Text figures
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<p>Text figures (also known as non-lining, lowercase, old style, ranging, hanging, medieval, billing, or antique figures or numerals) are <a href="/facts/Numeral_system/1KKlG4nd">numerals</a> designed with varying heights in a fashion that resembles a typical line of running text, hence the name. They are contrasted with lining figures (also called titling or modern figures), which are the same height as upper-case letters. <a href="/facts/Georgia_(typeface)/VKSzUs1M">Georgia</a> is an example of a popular typeface that employs text figures by default. </p>