the letter t

[Angela's Dad]

Not a xword clue, just annoying the Hell out of me. What is the horizontal line across the letter t called..?

[Quizmonster]

A jot - from the Greek letter �iota' = �i' - means the least part of any writing. It can be applied to dots, strokes, Spanish tildes etc. A tittle is defined as a small stroke or point in writing. The two words are, effectively, synonyms, even though they are usually now combined in the phrase "not a jot or tittle". There is a tendency to suppose that the jot is somehow tied to the dot, because a dot is what the letter �i' has and they share the �i' sound via the original word �iota'. By the same token, the tittle is often supposed to relate to the stroke on the �t', perhaps because they share a �t' sound. However, either can be used for the i-dot or the t-stroke, really, or any other such mark.