Timeline for Why do we still use points as a measurement of type size?
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| May 11, 2011 at 23:07 | comment | added | Nick Bedford | Nice pun e100 :P | |
| Jan 5, 2011 at 17:53 | comment | added | Lauren-Clear-Monica-Ipsum | I'm assuming that foundries would use "New! Metric fonts!" as an excuse to re-issue type "which is correctly proportioned to metric measurements" or some other such blather. I don't think type really comes in just 10 pt, 12pt, 36 pt etc. any more, but any which does would definitely have to be re-sized for 30m, 33mm, etc. so you'd know what you were choosing in your program's type palette. | |
| Jan 5, 2011 at 17:18 | comment | added | e100 | Good points - why would you need to re-purchase though? | |
| Jan 5, 2011 at 17:15 | history | answered | Lauren-Clear-Monica-Ipsum | CC BY-SA 2.5 |