From: Pablo Rodriguez <oinos@gmx.es>
To: ntg-context@ntg.nl
Subject: Re: what defines the font size?
Date: Tue, 16 Oct 2018 19:50:46 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <bae04470-c4eb-b9e7-83a1-8021feec4cdb@gmx.es> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <8cea1143-9ddf-7889-c5f0-dfa5d12769f5@xs4all.nl>
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.
Many thanks for your help,
Pablo
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Thread overview: 27+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2018-10-15 19:21 Pablo Rodriguez
2018-10-15 20:02 ` Ulrike Fischer
2018-10-15 20:59 ` Hans Hagen
2018-10-16 7:07 ` Arthur Reutenauer
2018-10-16 7:35 ` Hans Hagen
2018-10-17 9:01 ` Ulrike Fischer
2018-10-16 17:50 ` Pablo Rodriguez [this message]
2018-10-16 20:52 ` Henning Hraban Ramm
2018-10-17 9:13 ` luigi scarso
2018-10-17 16:15 ` Pablo Rodriguez
2018-10-18 8:44 ` luigi scarso
2018-10-16 17:48 ` Pablo Rodriguez
2018-10-16 22:59 ` Hans Hagen
2018-10-17 15:59 ` Pablo Rodriguez
2018-10-17 9:02 ` Arthur Reutenauer
2018-10-17 16:14 ` Pablo Rodriguez
2018-10-17 17:05 ` Hans Hagen
2018-10-17 17:10 ` Alan Braslau
2018-10-17 17:13 ` Alan Braslau
2018-10-18 7:54 ` Arthur Reutenauer
2018-10-18 8:20 ` Hans Hagen
2018-10-19 6:24 ` luigi scarso
2018-10-19 8:15 ` Arthur Reutenauer
2018-10-22 19:10 ` Pablo Rodriguez
2018-10-18 8:37 ` Taco Hoekwater
2018-10-18 9:57 ` Hans Hagen
2018-10-18 16:38 ` Pablo Rodriguez
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