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Baseline

is a symbol that represents the baseline for purposes of alignment and positioning.

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Baseline

Baseline

is a symbol that represents the baseline for purposes of alignment and positioning.

Details

  • The baseline of a font character is typically the bottom of the character, excluding any descenders.

Examples

Basic Examples  (3)

Align the contents of a grid by their baseline:

Align the baseline of the second row of a grid with the baseline of the surrounding text:

Align the baseline of text with the center of the enclosing graphic:

Wolfram Research (1996), Baseline, Wolfram Language function, https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/Baseline.html.

Text

Wolfram Research (1996), Baseline, Wolfram Language function, https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/Baseline.html.

CMS

Wolfram Language. 1996. "Baseline." Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Wolfram Research. https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/Baseline.html.

APA

Wolfram Language. (1996). Baseline. Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Retrieved from https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/Baseline.html

BibTeX

@misc{reference.wolfram_2025_baseline, author="Wolfram Research", title="{Baseline}", year="1996", howpublished="\url{https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/Baseline.html}", note=[Accessed: 11-August-2025]}

BibLaTeX

@online{reference.wolfram_2025_baseline, organization={Wolfram Research}, title={Baseline}, year={1996}, url={https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/Baseline.html}, note=[Accessed: 11-August-2025]}