ect. Note: This is not the same as getAscender().
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<DT><B>Specified by:</B><DD><CODE><A HREF="../../../../org/apache/fop/fonts/FontMetrics.html#getMaxAscent(int)">getMaxAscent</A></CODE> in interface <CODE><A HREF="../../../../org/apache/fop/fonts/FontMetrics.html" title="interface in org.apache.fop.fonts">FontMetrics</A></CODE><DT><B>Overrides:</B><DD><CODE><A HREF="../../../../org/apache/fop/fonts/Typeface.html#getMaxAscent(int)">getMaxAscent</A></CODE> in class <CODE><A HREF="../../../../org/