> If they're talking about a fixed-pitch font (like Courier), when they
> say "ten point" they almost certainly mean "ten pitch" i.e. 10 c.p.i. -
> your bog-standard IBM golfball typewriter font (if you're old enough to
> remember the marvellous IBM golfball, of course!)

Actually, they probably don't realise they are talking about fixed-pitch, and 
they may well really mean "ten point".

As pitch gets bigger, point gets smaller and vice versa. The more characters 
(increasing pitch) you cram into an inch, the smaller (decreasing point) those 
characters have to be. And it just works out that a 10-pitch and a 12-point 
font are roughly interchangeable, as are a 12-pitch and 10-point font.

Cheers,
Wol
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