Member Cod… Posted March 25, 2009 Share Posted March 25, 2009 This topic was imported from the Typophile platform As a student I am still learning about typography and the units of measurements involved. However it has occurred to me that the point is based on the inch, which as far as i know is now used exclusively in the United States. I was wondering if there was another standardized measurement system for typography based in the metric system. So far all of the resources that i have been using have only referred to American typography. If someone could give me some insight in this matter or any starting points for my research that would be appreciated. Link to comment
Member cla… Posted March 25, 2009 Share Posted March 25, 2009 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Typographic_unithttp://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/~mgk25/metric-typo/ Link to comment
Member Cod… Posted March 25, 2009 Author Share Posted March 25, 2009 Thank you very much. Those links were very helpful :) Link to comment
Member Chr… Posted March 25, 2009 Share Posted March 25, 2009 http://www.casepaper.com/calc_typography.htm Link to comment
Member Don… Posted March 26, 2009 Share Posted March 26, 2009 > it has occurred to me that the point is based on the inch Not really. It is now, at 72 points to the inch, but 20 years ago it was 72.27 (approximately) points per inch. Computer programmers didn't like the wild value, and rounded it down. Link to comment
Member Cod… Posted March 26, 2009 Author Share Posted March 26, 2009 Christopher: Thank you, that is a useful calculator :) Don: I was just reading about that. It`s amazing how much I don't even know that i don't know lol. Ill have to keep reading on the subject. Link to comment
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