Side view - Nose
Nasal projection
How far the nose tip projects forward of the nostril crease, as a share of nose bridge length. Values in the ideal band follow the classical guideline that tip projection is a bit over half the bridge length.
What counts as ideal
The ideal band differs by sex for this measurement: 0.58 to 0.65 for men and 0.52 to 0.59 for women. A reading anywhere inside the band scores a full 10.
Male ideal
0.58 to 0.65
Female ideal
0.52 to 0.59
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 0.28 and 0.90: 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.
Nasal 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 0.52 to 0.91, with a median of 0.74. 4 of 84 land inside the ideal band.
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