Side view - Nose
Mid nose projection
How far the mid-bridge outline deviates from a straight root-to-tip line, in millimeters: positive is a hump, negative a scooped bridge. Values near zero mean a straight nasal profile. This is our own metric, without a FaceIQ reference range.
What counts as ideal
The ideal band is -1.3 mm to 0.5 mm for both men and women. A reading anywhere inside the band scores a full 10.
Ideal range
-1.3 mm to 0.5 mm
How it is scored
Everything inside the band scores 10, and the penalty accelerates the further a reading falls outside it rather than dropping off a cliff at the edge. For the male band, the falloff is measured against bounds of -5.0 mm and 3.0 mm: a reading out at either of those has spent its full allowance and scores about 3. The curve keeps going past them, so an extreme reading still separates from a merely poor one.
Mid nose projection is one of 67 measurements in the harmony pillar. No single measurement decides a face: each one contributes its own shortfall to a weighted mean, and one hopeless measurement costs a full measurement's worth and never more.
How 84 celebrities measure
Every profile in the library, measured from hand-placed landmarks and scored against the band for that person's sex and ancestry. Readings run from -2.9 mm to 2.5 mm, with a median of -0.8 mm. 46 of 84 land inside the ideal band.
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