上揃え

Japanese

Kanji in this term
上	揃
うえ Grade: 1	そろ > ぞろ Jinmeiyō
kun’yomi

Alternative spelling
上ぞろえ

Kanji in this term
上	揃
うえ Grade: 1	そろ Jinmeiyō
kun’yomi

Alternative spelling
上そろえ

Etymology

上 (“top”) +‎ 揃え (“alignment”)

Noun

上(うえ)揃(そろ)え or 上(うえ)揃(ぞろ)え • (uesoroe or uezoroe) 

1. (graphic design) top alignment
2. (typography) flush-top alignment in vertical text

   Hypernyms: 行頭揃え, 文字揃え

3. (typography) alignment of characters to the top side of their 仮想ボディ (kasō bodi, “em squares”) or 平均字面 (heikin jizura, “ideographic character faces”), especially in horizontal text

   Hypernym: 文字揃え