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Word font size difference between Times New Roman and Arial
There seems to be a significant difference between the actual character size
of Times New Roman characters and Arial characters when they are both set to the same font "size" (e.g. 12 pt.) My understanding of "points" is that they fix the actual size of a character, so why does the size change when I change font face? |
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Word font size difference between Times New Roman and Arial
Font size is determined by the distance from the bottom of descenders to the
top of ascenders. Some fonts have a larger "x-height," which is the height of the lowercase letters (not counting ascenders and descenders), making them appear larger (see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Typeface#Font_metrics and http://www.fonts.com/AboutFonts/Arti.../TypeSizes.htm) -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA http://word.mvps.org "Straton" wrote in message ... There seems to be a significant difference between the actual character size of Times New Roman characters and Arial characters when they are both set to the same font "size" (e.g. 12 pt.) My understanding of "points" is that they fix the actual size of a character, so why does the size change when I change font face? |
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Word font size difference between Times New Roman and Arial
Font size is determined by the distance from the bottom of descenders to the top of ascenders. Some fonts have a larger "x-height," which is the height of the lowercase letters (not counting ascenders and descenders), making them appear larger (see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Typeface#Font_metrics and http://www.fonts.com/AboutFonts/Arti.../TypeSizes.htm) -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA http://word.mvps.org "Straton" wrote in message ... There seems to be a significant difference between the actual character size of Times New Roman characters and Arial characters when they are both set to the same font "size" (e.g. 12 pt.) My understanding of "points" is that they fix the actual size of a character, so why does the size change when I change font face? |
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