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If there's any term I never particularly liked or understood, it's the term "gallows characters"....

I never gave much thought to what they should or could be called and picked up the term "gallows characters" simply because I saw it so often. But is there a better one?

They look like capitals (upper case) but perhaps that's by "design" (misdirection or convenience) rather than by meaning, so capitals would probably be misleading.

The word "ascenders" doesn't quite describe them either and "ascender glyphs" isn't quite as poetic as "gallows characters" but perhaps "ascender glyphs" is a more direct interpretation.

Maybe someone with both imagination and a practical streak has a better way to describe them.