diff --git a/src/main/java/org/verapdf/pd/font/type3/PDType3Font.java b/src/main/java/org/verapdf/pd/font/type3/PDType3Font.java
index d4f80ac5..6d48b4f6 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/verapdf/pd/font/type3/PDType3Font.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/verapdf/pd/font/type3/PDType3Font.java
@@ -157,4 +157,30 @@ public float getWidthFromProgram(int code) {
     public boolean glyphIsPresent(int code) {
         return containsCharString(code);
     }
+
+    public Double getAscentFromProgram(int code) {
+        COSObject charProc = getCharProc(code);
+        if (charProc.getType() == COSObjType.COS_STREAM) {
+            try (Type3CharProcParser parser = new Type3CharProcParser(charProc.getData(COSStream.FilterFlags.DECODE))) {
+                parser.parse();
+                return parser.getAscent();
+            } catch (IOException e) {
+                LOGGER.log(Level.FINE, "Can't get ascent from type 3 char proc");
+            }
+        }
+        return null;
+    }
+
+    public Double getDescentFromProgram(int code) {
+        COSObject charProc = getCharProc(code);
+        if (charProc.getType() == COSObjType.COS_STREAM) {
+            try (Type3CharProcParser parser = new Type3CharProcParser(charProc.getData(COSStream.FilterFlags.DECODE))) {
+                parser.parse();
+                return parser.getDescent();
+            } catch (IOException e) {
+                LOGGER.log(Level.FINE, "Can't get descent from type 3 char proc");
+            }
+        }
+        return null;
+    }
 }
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/verapdf/pd/font/type3/Type3CharProcParser.java b/src/main/java/org/verapdf/pd/font/type3/Type3CharProcParser.java
index 8efa183f..8e711b57 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/verapdf/pd/font/type3/Type3CharProcParser.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/verapdf/pd/font/type3/Type3CharProcParser.java
@@ -34,6 +34,8 @@
 public class Type3CharProcParser extends NotSeekableBaseParser {
 
     private double width = -1;
+    private Double ascent;
+    private Double descent;
     private static final String D0 = "d0";
     private static final String D1 = "d1";
 
@@ -64,12 +66,20 @@ public void parse() throws IOException {
         }   // else ll_x
 
         nextToken();    // ll_y
+        if (getToken().type == Token.Type.TT_INTEGER || getToken().type == Token.Type.TT_REAL) {
+            this.descent = getToken().real;
+        }
         nextToken();    // ur_x
         nextToken();    // ur_y
+        if (getToken().type == Token.Type.TT_INTEGER || getToken().type == Token.Type.TT_REAL) {
+            this.ascent = getToken().real;
+        }
         nextToken();    // d1
 
         if (getToken().type != Token.Type.TT_KEYWORD || !getToken().getValue().equals(D1)) {    // stream is corrupted
             this.width = -1;
+            this.ascent = null;
+            this.descent = null;
             throw new IOException("Can't parse type 3 char proc");
         }
     }
@@ -81,4 +91,12 @@ public void parse() throws IOException {
     public double getWidth() {
         return width;
     }
+
+    public double getAscent() {
+        return ascent;
+    }
+
+    public double getDescent() {
+        return descent;
+    }
 }