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CHARACTER(S) PER PICA PER POINT SIZE [1 record]

Record 1 1986-12-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Typography
  • Graphic Reproduction

French

Domaine(s)
  • Typographie (Caractères)
  • Production graphique
OBS

le point est l'unité de mesure de caractère au carré; en d'autres mots, c'est le corps du caractères. - Le pica est l'unité de mesure anglo-saxonne (Le didob en Europe continentale) de la longueur du caractère dans une ligne.

Spanish

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