Rick.Bortnick@f1020.n391.z1.FidoNet.Org (Rick Bortnick) (06/30/91)
.sys.ibm.pc.digest:117 >From: AER0201%TECHNION@TAUNIVM.TAU.AC.IL >In V.95 # 105 Hwang Chien-Jong asked about point sizes in DTP. Point >sizes are for proportional type so you cannot say how many characters >per inch because each character has a different width. It measures the >height of the capital letters which are uniform in h/size. Roughly 36 >points is 3/8 of an inch 64 points is 3/4 of an inch and one inch size >letters are approximately 86 points. >As a roule 10 point size is used for * Origin: The Ozark Connection/Fayetteville, AR * (1:391/1020)