[squeak-dev] Cuis font sizes

Juan Vuletich juan at jvuletich.org
Sat Aug 29 17:13:39 UTC 2009


David T. Lewis wrote:
> On Sat, Aug 29, 2009 at 12:18:18PM -0300, Juan Vuletich wrote:
>   
>> I never found a clear specification of the meaning of  '12 point', and 
>> I'm totally for making the fonts behave properly.
>>     
>
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Point_(typography)
>
> 72 points = 1 inch
>
> Dave
>   
I know that, but those 12 points are the ascent? the height 
(ascent+descent)? the line grid (from a baseline to the next)? Why for 
Freetype, 12 points meanse 15+4 pixels?

Cheers,
Juan Vuletich



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