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Old 10-22-2008, 07:45 PM   #18
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Originally Posted by DaleDe View Post
36pt should be 1/2" tall. There are 72 points to an inch. Screens normally have a setting that allows you determine the pixels per inch which is often 75 or 96. Pts and pixels are often equated but this need not be so. It can be very confusing and different font families seem to vary this as well. Garramond or whatever it is called seems to be smaller for the same font size. It can be very confusing.
Oh... I remember the old one used to be CPI (characters per inch). So the bigger the number the smaller the font.

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