what is meant by the point sizeof a letter?

Answer 1

A point is a unit of measure in typography. It is abbreviated as pt. It corresponds mostly to 1/864 of a foot. There are 12 points to the pica and 72 points to the inch.

Standard type (like what you are probably reading here) is typically 10-12 point.

Answer 2

The point is the standard unit for measuring font size and leading (the space between lines) on a printed page.

In old printers' metal type, the point size of a font described the height of the metal body on which the typeface's characters were cast.

In digital type, the body is now an imaginary design space, but is used as the basis from which the type is scaled. In desktop publishing, one point is defined as 1/72 of the anglo-saxon "compromise inch" of 1959; so it is approximately 0.0138 inch or 0.3527 mm. Twelve points make up a pica, and six picas make an inch.

Most type you read on page or screen is between 8 and 12 point.

It is important to realise that a letter in one font may not look the same size as the same letter at the same point size in another font. This is because how big a letter appears in dependant not just on its point size, but also on the relative height of the capital letters and lowercase letters, the size of the "hole" in letters like o, p, and q, the height of tall letters like h, l, and k, and the size of the tails on letters like g, j, and y.

Try it yourself: a 24-point p in Verdana looks bigger than a 24-point p in Times New Roman.

Answer 3

It's the common method of measuring type and it's the measure of the distance from the top of the ascender to the bottom of the lowest descender. There are approximately 72 points to the inch; A pica is 12 points.

Answer 4

It's the unit measurement of text in typography. Unless you're a type designer, you don't really need to know what is the exact conversion into inches and such. Normal reading text is 10-12 points. Like in high school how all of your papers has to be type in 12 points Times New Roman ( ::shudders:: ) I personally think 10 points type is plenty legible in most type faces. 8 points is even hotter. :)

Answer 5

1 point is 1/72 of an inch. It is a term used in printing.

Answer 6

its from printing

this text is 10 point I think

5 point would be half that size

maybe from pica I think maybe

Answer 7

Here's what you need to know:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Point_%28typography%29