# `BASE`: Baseline table

The `BASE` table is an OpenType table.

class fontTools.ttLib.tables.B_A_S_E_.table_B_A_S_E_(tag=None)

  Bases: `BaseTTXConverter`

  Baseline table

  The `BASE` table contains information needed to align glyphs in different scripts, from different fonts, or at different sizes within the same line of text.

  See also https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/typography/opentype/spec/base

  mergeMap = {'table': <function mergeObjects>, 'tableTag': <function onlyExisting.<locals>.wrapper>}