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Record 1 2010-12-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Typography
  • Typesetting and Imagesetting
DEF

A typographic unit of measurement equivalent to 12 points.

OBS

The pica is used to measure the width and length of pages, columns, slugs, etc.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Typographie (Caractères)
  • Composition (Imprimerie)
DEF

Unité de mesure typographique anglo-saxonne équivalent à [11,215 points Didot].

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Tipografía (Caracteres)
  • Composición (Imprenta)
DEF

Unidad tipográfica que vale 12 puntos angloamericanos, o sea 4,21 mm.

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