Editing Text figures (section)

{{short description|Numerals typeset with varying heights}}
[[Image:Mediaevalziffern.svg|thumb|right|[[Hoefler Text]], a typeface designed in 1991, uses text figures.]]
[[Image:Lincoln-penny-hanging-figures.jpg|thumb|right|The ascending six and descending nines are minted on this 1996 U.S. [[penny (U.S. coin)|penny]].]]

'''Text figures''' (also known as '''non-lining''', '''lowercase''', '''old style''',<ref>{{cite book |author= University of Chicago Press |year= 2010 |title= The Chicago Manual of Style |edition= 16th |location= Chicago |publisher= University of Chicago Press |chapter= Appendix B: Glossary |pages= 891, 899}}</ref> '''ranging''', '''hanging''', '''medieval''', '''billing''',<ref>{{harvnb|Birdsall|2004|p=xi}}</ref> or '''antique'''<ref>{{harvnb|Birdsall|2004|p=186}}</ref> figures or numerals) are [[numeral system|numeral]]s 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.<ref>{{harvnb|Bringhurst|1992|p=36}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |first= Carol |last= Saller |date=March 14, 2012 |title= Old-Style Versus Lining Figures |url= http://chronicle.com/blogs/linguafranca/2012/03/14/old-style-versus-lining-figures/ |department= Lingua Franca |work= The Chronicle of Higher Education }}</ref> [[Georgia (typeface)|Georgia]] is an example of a popular typeface that employs text figures by default.