GA.EDI@ISUMVS.BITNET (Marie Mayer) (02/01/90)
Eric --
Standard typewriter characters come in either pica or elite.
Pica characters are 10 to the horizontal inch and elite characters
are 12 to the horizontal inch. As you space down the page, the
standard spacing is 6 lines to the inch, or a linespacing of 1/6 of
an inch. Is this the info you were looking for?
Marie Mayer
GA.EDI@ISUMVS.BITNET
Iowa State UniversityANSC6@UMDC.BITNET (02/02/90)
How do pitch and point relate. You choose point in Pagemaker.
MSTONER@PUCC.BITNET (Michael Stoner) (02/02/90)
Re: the relationship of "pitch" and "point." 12 pitch=12 points; 10 pitch= 10 points. For correct spacing, set your leading at 12 points; the type you insert can be smaller (10/12) as long as your leading is equal.
ALC@PSUVM.PSU.EDU (02/03/90)
Sorry but there is no relationship between pitch and points. Pitch is a measurement of character per inch (ie 10 pitch = 10 characters/inch). As such it is a measurement of the WIDTH of a character. Point is a measurement unit of printing, generally refering to the height of a font from the top of the tallest lowercase letter to the bottom of the 'y'. It has NOTHING to do with character width (since most fonts are proportional). However, it does happen that in the Courier font on the LaserJet, the 10 pitch font does have a height of 12 points and the 12 pitch font is 10 points high. This only works on monospaced fonts.
CUC@CORNELLA.BITNET (Cecilia Cowles) (02/03/90)
I've found all the talk about pitch and point helpful. I usually just use mono-space fonts (like courier) when I'm doing examples where the spacing has to be precise. But what I really wish I had was a book that explained typesetting terminology to computing people. Years ago I remember being told of one, but I've since forgotten what it was. Anyone have some titles I should add to my reading list?