Am 2018-10-16 um 19:50 schrieb Pablo Rodriguez <oi...@gmx.es>: > On 10/15/18 10:59 PM, Hans Hagen wrote: >>>> [...] >>>> If two fonts have the same size, I think there may be a dimension which >>>> has the same length in both. Which one is this? >>> >>> None. The font decides about its size. >> actually, the designer ... anyway, one can compare 10pt dejavu with 10pt >> latin modern and 10pt lucida and you'll see that there is no real >> standard in size > > Many thanks for your reply, Hans. > > I thought that I was missing something. For sure, but it was the > explanation why there is no standarization in size.
Even in the times of lead type, there were differences in font size interpretation e.g. between Linotype and Berthold. You could trust that the big vendors would handle their fonts alike, but printshops tried to avoid buying fonts from different vendors because they didn’t match. Greetlings, Hraban --- https://www.fiee.net http://wiki.contextgarden.net https://www.dreiviertelhaus.de GPG Key ID 1C9B22FD ___________________________________________________________________________________ If your question is of interest to others as well, please add an entry to the Wiki! maillist : ntg-context@ntg.nl / http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context webpage : http://www.pragma-ade.nl / http://context.aanhet.net archive : https://bitbucket.org/phg/context-mirror/commits/ wiki : http://contextgarden.net ___________________________________________________________________________________
