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上うえ揃ぞろえ

also: うえそろえ

Meanings

1

noun

top alignment

printing

In printing and typesetting, aligning text or elements along their top edges.

この段だん組ぐみは上うえ揃ぞろえでレイアウトされています。
This column is laid out with top alignment.

Written forms

上揃え
- うえぞろえ
  Standard kanji spelling for this printing term.
- うえそろえ
  Alternate reading; うえぞろえ is more common.
うえそろえ

Kanji

上above, up
揃be complete, uniform, all present

Similar words

下した揃ぞろえ
Bottom alignment, the opposite of 上揃え.
左ひだり揃ぞろえ
Left alignment, another common text alignment option.

Etymology

Compound of 上 (うえ, 'top') and 揃え (ぞろえ, 'alignment'), from the verb 揃える (そろえる, 'to align').