FUNDAMENTALS OF COMPUTER

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Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Height of an uppercase letter in a font set; measured in points
A
Font size
B
Paste
C
File Type
D
None of the above
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -The correct answer is 1/72. A font is often measured in pt (points). Points dictate the height of the lettering. There are approximately 72 points in one inch or 2.54 cm.

Detailed explanation-2: -Cap height is the height of a typeface’s uppercase letters, measured from the baseline to the top of flat-topped glyphs. This is usually slightly lower than the ascender height, and cap height can vary between typefaces.

Detailed explanation-3: -A font is typically measured in a point (pt) size, which is the vertical measurement of the lettering. There are approximately 72 (72.272) points in one inch or 2.54 cm.

Detailed explanation-4: -Typographic units At 0.375 mm, it was slightly bigger than today’s PostScript or DTP point which measures 0.353 mm . So if you enter a 10 pt font size in Microsoft Word or Adobe InDesign, you define that your font will have a size of 3.53 mm.

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