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582 Understanding Fonts

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Pitch and Point Size

The size of a font is specified as either a pitch or point size, depending on

whether the font is fixed space or proportional.

In fixed space fonts, each character has the same width. Pitch is used to specify

the size of fixed space fonts. It is a measure of the number of characters that will

print in one horizontal inch of type. For example, all 10-pitch fonts print 10

characters per inch (cpi) and all 12-pitch fonts print 12 cpi:

In proportional (or typographic) fonts, every character can have a different

width. Since proportional fonts have characters with different widths, the font

size is specified in point size, not pitch. Point size refers to the height of the

characters in the font. A point is defined as 1/72 inch. The characters in a font

printed at 24 point will be twice as large as the characters in the same font

printed at 12 point.

The following illustration shows samples of a font printed in different point

sizes:

1 2 ... 579 580 581 582 583 584 585 586 587 588 589 ... 760 761

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