# Font:getDescent

Available since LÖVE 0.9.0
This function is not supported in earlier versions.

Gets the descent of the Font. The descent spans the distance between the baseline and the lowest descending glyph in a typeface.

## Function

### Synopsis

    descent = Font:getDescent( )

### Arguments

None.

### Returns

`number descent`
  The descent of the Font in pixels.

## See Also

- Font
- Font:getAscent
- Font:getBaseline

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Category:

- Functions