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What point size is equal to 10 characters per inch?
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Answer: What point size is equal to 10 characters per inch?
The point size that is equal to 10 characters per inch depends on the font being used. However, as a general rule, a 12-point font size is commonly used to achieve 10 characters per inch. This is because most fonts have a width of approximately 0.166 inches per character, which means that 10 characters would take up 1.66 inches. To fit this into a standard 8.5 x 11 inch document, a 12-point font size is typically used. However, it's important to note that this can vary depending on the font being used and the specific formatting requirements of your document. If you need to adjust the font size to achieve a specific number of characters per inch, you can use the "Font" menu in Microsoft Word to make the necessary changes.
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What point size is equal to 10 characters per inch?
Hi Kyle,
With most fonts, letters have a variable width based on the letter. So, 10 i's will be considerably more narrow than 10 w's. To answer your question, I would need to know what font and what letters you are using. Doug -- Douglas Ryan VanBenthuysen Office System Solutions Specialist 3Sharp http://blogs.3sharp.com/Blog/dougv/ "Kyle Green" wrote: Need an answer ASAP. |
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What point size is equal to 10 characters per inch?
Hey Doug,
Thanks for the response. I will be using Times New Roman with just about every letter in the English language. FYI, I'm writing a paper and the text requirement is expressed in CPI instead of points. Thanks, -kdg "DougieVan" wrote: Hi Kyle, With most fonts, letters have a variable width based on the letter. So, 10 i's will be considerably more narrow than 10 w's. To answer your question, I would need to know what font and what letters you are using. Doug -- Douglas Ryan VanBenthuysen Office System Solutions Specialist 3Sharp http://blogs.3sharp.com/Blog/dougv/ "Kyle Green" wrote: Need an answer ASAP. |
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What point size is equal to 10 characters per inch?
You will need to use a monospaced font such as Courier New to make any sense
of that requirement. -- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org Kyle Green wrote: Hey Doug, Thanks for the response. I will be using Times New Roman with just about every letter in the English language. FYI, I'm writing a paper and the text requirement is expressed in CPI instead of points. Thanks, -kdg "DougieVan" wrote: Hi Kyle, With most fonts, letters have a variable width based on the letter. So, 10 i's will be considerably more narrow than 10 w's. To answer your question, I would need to know what font and what letters you are using. Doug -- Douglas Ryan VanBenthuysen Office System Solutions Specialist 3Sharp http://blogs.3sharp.com/Blog/dougv/ "Kyle Green" wrote: Need an answer ASAP. |
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What point size is equal to 10 characters per inch?
That makes sense.
Thanks, Graham. -kdg "Graham Mayor" wrote: You will need to use a monospaced font such as Courier New to make any sense of that requirement. -- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org Kyle Green wrote: Hey Doug, Thanks for the response. I will be using Times New Roman with just about every letter in the English language. FYI, I'm writing a paper and the text requirement is expressed in CPI instead of points. Thanks, -kdg "DougieVan" wrote: Hi Kyle, With most fonts, letters have a variable width based on the letter. So, 10 i's will be considerably more narrow than 10 w's. To answer your question, I would need to know what font and what letters you are using. Doug -- Douglas Ryan VanBenthuysen Office System Solutions Specialist 3Sharp http://blogs.3sharp.com/Blog/dougv/ "Kyle Green" wrote: Need an answer ASAP. |
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What point size is equal to 10 characters per inch?
Kyle,
For it to be accurate, you will have to use what is called a mono-spaced typeface (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Typefac...ced_typefaces), such as Courier New. 12 point Courier new is almost exactly 10 characters per inch (10 characters is actually about 10.05 inches). Having been an English teacher, I think you will be fine using any 12 point font. What teachers are usually trying to prevent is students doing things like increasing letter width or spacing to make a paper look longer than in actually is. If you use 12 point Times New Roman, you paper will actually be shorter overall in terms of pages than if you used Courier (because the narrowness of letters like i and l). Doug -- Douglas Ryan VanBenthuysen Office System Solutions Specialist 3Sharp http://blogs.3sharp.com/Blog/dougv/ "Kyle Green" wrote: Hey Doug, Thanks for the response. I will be using Times New Roman with just about every letter in the English language. FYI, I'm writing a paper and the text requirement is expressed in CPI instead of points. Thanks, -kdg "DougieVan" wrote: Hi Kyle, With most fonts, letters have a variable width based on the letter. So, 10 i's will be considerably more narrow than 10 w's. To answer your question, I would need to know what font and what letters you are using. Doug -- Douglas Ryan VanBenthuysen Office System Solutions Specialist 3Sharp http://blogs.3sharp.com/Blog/dougv/ "Kyle Green" wrote: Need an answer ASAP. |
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