Tim: >> Are the lines the same widths? Point sizing generally refers to >> characters per inch across the page. Richard England: > I don't believe that is true unless it has changed since my days in > actual printing. The character size in points refers to the size from > the highest to the lowest extent of the letters of a given type face > size. While the "size" of a font is, indeed, the entire size of the font, points used in typing, generally, were just used as a measure of how many would fit across a given width (10pt being the common one, 12pt being the more compact, usually). > You also have to consider the display medium. DPI and aspect ratio of > the display device can wreak havoc on any document transfered across > systems. Another consideration that word processor document files are just storage of something on a particular PC (for later printing, etc.). They really are not a portable document format. A different PC might have different fonts, and will probably have a different printer (with different minimum margins). -- (Currently running FC4, occasionally trying FC5.) Don't send private replies to my address, the mailbox is ignored. I read messages from the public lists.
