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2. Point (typography) - Wikipedia

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   In typography, the point is the smallest unit of measure. It is used for measuring font size, leading, and other items on a printed page. The size of the point has varied throughout printing's history. Since the 18th century, the size of a point has been between 0.18 and 0.4 millimeters. Following the advent of desktop publishing in the 1980s ...

3. Letter (paper size) - Wikipedia

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   In the US, paper density is usually measured in "pound per reams " (of 500 sheets). Typical Letter paper has a basis weight of paper of 20 or 24 pounds (9.1 or 10.9 kg) – the weight of 500 sheets (a ream) of 17-by-22-inch (431.8 by 558.8 mm) paper at 70 °F (21 °C) and at 50% humidity. [3] One ream of 20-pound Letter-sized paper weighs 5 ...

4. Typographic unit - Wikipedia

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   Typographic unit. A ruler showing 4 scales (from the top down): Inches, Points, Picas, and Agates. Diagram of font metrics showing where letters and symbols would be placed relative to each other. The letters would change size according to the font type, typographic unit and dimension used. Typographic units are the units of measurement used in ...

5. Paper size - Wikipedia

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   A foot-long sheet with the common width of Letter and (Government) Legal, i.e. 81⁄2 in × 12 in (215 mm × 305 mm), would have an aspect ratio very close to the square root of two as used by international paper sizes and would actually almost exactly match ISO RA4 (215 mm × 305 mm).

6. Unified Thread Standard - Wikipedia

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   Unified Thread Standard. The Unified Thread Standard ( UTS) defines a standard thread form and series—along with allowances, tolerances, and designations—for screw threads commonly used in the United States and Canada. It is the main standard for bolts, nuts, and a wide variety of other threaded fasteners used in these countries.

7. Pitch (typewriter) - Wikipedia

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   Pitch (typewriter) Pitch is the number of ( monospaced) letters, numbers and spaces in one inch (25.4 mm) of running text, that is, characters per inch (abbreviated cpi ), measured horizontally. [1] [2] The pitch was most often used as a measurement of the size of typewriter fonts as well as those of impact printers used with computers.