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# Font:getAscent

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

Gets the ascent of the Font. The ascent spans the distance between the baseline and the top of the glyph that reaches farthest from the baseline.

## Function

### Synopsis

ascent = Font:getAscent( )

### Arguments

None.

### Returns

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

## See Also

- Font
- Font:getDescent
- Font:getBaseline

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