Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!uwm.edu!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!brutus.cs.uiuc.edu!psuvax1!psuvm!PSUVM!ALC From: ALC@PSUVM.PSU.EDU Newsgroups: bit.listserv.pagemakr Subject: Re: Forms design - typewriter measurements Message-ID: <90033.112125ALC@PSUVM.BITNET> Date: 2 Feb 90 16:21:25 GMT References: Sender: PageMaker for Desktop Publishers Reply-To: PageMaker for Desktop Publishers Organization: Penn State University Lines: 10 Approved: NETNEWS@PSUVM Gateway Sorry but there is no relationship between pitch and points. Pitch is a measurement of character per inch (ie 10 pitch = 10 characters/inch). As such it is a measurement of the WIDTH of a character. Point is a measurement unit of printing, generally refering to the height of a font from the top of the tallest lowercase letter to the bottom of the 'y'. It has NOTHING to do with character width (since most fonts are proportional). However, it does happen that in the Courier font on the LaserJet, the 10 pitch font does have a height of 12 points and the 12 pitch font is 10 points high. This only works on monospaced fonts.