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Old 10-11-2012, 05:35 PM   #6
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Originally Posted by florianix View Post
So the distance between lines and chars (in pixels) is still missing...

"The desktop publishing point (DTP point) is defined as 1/72 of the Anglo-Saxon compromise inch of 1959 (25.4 mm) which makes it 0.0138 inch or 0.3527 mm. Twelve points make up a pica, and six picas make an inch."

Long live the imperial units.

As a result, that gives the real size of the font on the display - independent of its pixel density.
Holy...

What lines do you mean? I don't quite get it!
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