On Tue, Oct 16, 2018 at 7:51 PM Pablo Rodriguez <oi...@gmx.es> wrote:
> On 10/15/18 10:59 PM, Hans Hagen wrote: > >>> [...] > >>> If two fonts have the same size, I think there may be a dimension which > >>> has the same length in both. Which one is this? > >> > >> None. The font decides about its size. > > actually, the designer ... anyway, one can compare 10pt dejavu with 10pt > > latin modern and 10pt lucida and you'll see that there is no real > > standard in size > > Many thanks for your reply, Hans. > > I thought that I was missing something. For sure, but it was the > explanation why there is no standarization in size. > Nice to/must have : Fonts & Encodings Book by Yannis Haralambous https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/typography/ and pdf at https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/typography/opbuildpdf/TOC.pdf?branch=live -- luigi
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