FUNDAMENTALS OF COMPUTER

Detailed explanation-1: -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.

Detailed explanation-2: -A font is often measured in pt (points). Points dictate the height of the lettering. There are approximately 72 (72.272) points in one inch or 2.54 cm. For example, the font size 72 would be about one inch tall, and 36 would be about a half of an inch.

Detailed explanation-3: -A unit is a way of measuring font size, line height, line length, margins, or virtually anything in the practice of typography. Multiple units are in existence, including many historic ones, but points, pixels, and ems (or rems) are the units most relevant to today’s digital typesetting needs.

Detailed explanation-4: -solution: The font size or text size tells how large the characters displayed on a screen or printed on a page are.

Detailed explanation-5: -Point size refers to the height of the font-not the height of the letter. For digital publishing, for at least the past 30 years or more, 1 point = 1⁄72 of an inch.