Measuring Type
Learn how to measure and specify type. Find typography tutorials all about points and picas.
Point Size, X-Height, Caps Height Overview
Effective use of type means knowing how to measure type. Find out how it's done.
Effective use of type means knowing how to measure type. Find out how it's done.
Picas and Points in Page Layout and Type Measurements
Stop inching your way into desktop publishing. Plunge into picas for page layout measurments. For many, the measurement system of choice for typesetting and publication design is picas and points.
Stop inching your way into desktop publishing. Plunge into picas for page layout measurments. For many, the measurement system of choice for typesetting and publication design is picas and points.
Basic old timers typesetting practices
Jan Roland Eriksson's essays on the point, cicero, pica, x-height, em quad, and other typographical measurement systems, with illustrations, definitions, usage suggestions, and recommendations for type size based on column width.
Jan Roland Eriksson's essays on the point, cicero, pica, x-height, em quad, and other typographical measurement systems, with illustrations, definitions, usage suggestions, and recommendations for type size based on column width.
Difference between point systems
Not all points are created equal. Learn the differences in the different types of Points used in measurement.
Not all points are created equal. Learn the differences in the different types of Points used in measurement.
What is Point Size?
Description with illustrations of how type is measured and how the same point size can look very different from font to font.
Description with illustrations of how type is measured and how the same point size can look very different from font to font.