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JeffH - 20 Oct 2005 15:39 GMT

Hi,

I have an unusual question. How many lines of text can be placed in a inch
high window for a 12 pt. font and does this depend on the font?

Is there documentation that can explain how this is measured?

Thanks in Advance,
JeffH

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Robert M. Franz (RMF) - 20 Oct 2005 16:20 GMT

Hi Jeff

> I have an unusual question. How many lines of text can be placed in a inch
> high window for a 12 pt. font and does this depend on the font?

No, but it does depend on the leading (distance between two base lines
of test). If you are using an exact leading (in Format | Paragraph),
it's up to you only. If you use what Word calls "single", that's roughly
120% of the font height. One inch has room for 72 pt. Now you can do the
math. :-)

> Is there documentation that can explain how this is measured?

How big a pt is, that you can look up here:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Point

Greetinx
Robert

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