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The history of the point.(Frank Talk)(measurement system for type)

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| August 01, 2003 | Romano, Frank J. | COPYRIGHT 2003 Pennwell Publishing Company. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

The Great Chicago Fire, one of the first corporate conglomerates, and a badly printed ruler helped forge the unique measurement system for type. Simon Fournier proposed a system of 72 points per inch in 1737, and published a printed scale for reference. Depending on the weather, the printed scale changed in size. Since the ruler was used as a reference, printers and font makers suffered from inconsistent tools and measures. In 1770 Francois Didot proposed a solution by defining a point as exactly 1/72 of a French inch. (A French inch is equal to 1.0638 English inches.)

Type sizes were originally named. Catalogs with such names appeared a early as 1592. Some of the names came from the type of…

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