David T. Lewis wrote:
On Sat, Aug 29, 2009 at 12:18:18PM -0300, Juan Vuletich wrote:
I never found a clear specification of the meaning of '12 point', and I'm totally for making the fonts behave properly.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Point_(typography)
72 points = 1 inch
Dave
I know that, but those 12 points are the ascent? the height (ascent+descent)? the line grid (from a baseline to the next)? Why for Freetype, 12 points meanse 15+4 pixels?
Cheers, Juan Vuletich