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Lines per inch
How can I translate pt into lines per inch
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Answer: Lines per inch
To convert point size (pt) to lines per inch, follow these steps:
So, if your font size is 12pt and your leading is 14pt, your text has a density of approximately 2.77 lines per inch.
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Lines per inch
krowlan wrote:
How can I translate pt into lines per inch It isn't necessarily simple. For most fonts, Word adds about 20% to the "nominal" point size of the font for the space between the lines (called "leading"). So the space between baselines is 12 points for 10 pt text in single-spaced Times New Roman, Arial, Tahoma, and similar fonts. The space between baselines for 12 pt text is 14 points, and so forth. One inch is 72 points. So you can divide the baseline spacing into 72 to get the number of lines per inch: 10 pt type will be 72/12 = 6 lines per inch, while 12 pt type will be 72/14 = 5.1 lines per inch (approximately). Exceptions: The 20% rule doesn't necessarily hold for "headline" or "display" fonts such as Algerian. If the text contains occasional larger characters, super- or subscript characters, inline graphics or the like, the line spacing will expand to accommodate them unless the paragraph formatting is set to an exact line spacing. Double or triple spacing (or other multiples) will alter the formula accordingly. Paragraph formatting of Space Before or Space After must be taken into account. It's rarely used, but it's possible to have Word do vertical justification. Read http://sbarnhill.mvps.org/WordFAQs/BottomLine.htm for more info. -- Regards, Jay Freedman Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. |
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Lines per inch
If you offer some degree of detail about what you are trying to accomplish -
as well as what version of Word you're using - perhaps someone could offer meaningful information. Lines per inch is a matter of commercial printer resolution & has nothing to do with word processing. It doesn't directly translate to points for any valid purpose of discussion here. -- Regards |:) Bob Jones [MVP] Office:Mac "krowlan" wrote in message news How can I translate pt into lines per inch |
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