point size
Definition
Distance (in points) from the highest ascender to the bottom of a descender of a print type. Used in commercial and computer printing in UK, USA, and other countries, except mainland Europe where type size is expressed in Didot points or as the height of capital (uppercase) letters in millimeters. Some countries (notably Germany and Japan) use the metric unit Q.
point size is in the Printing, Packaging, & Publishing subject.
point size appears in the definitions of the following terms: en, Didot point, font family, type font, em, em dash, typographic color, scaleable font and point
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