Re: [NTG-context] what defines the font size?

Am Mon, 15 Oct 2018 21:21:32 +0200 schrieb Pablo Rodriguez:

Dear list,

sorry for this basic question, but what defines the size in a font?

I mean, we can take TeX Gyre Bonum and TeX Gyre Adventor at twelve points. x-height is different, M-width is slightly different.

I thought it was the same A-height, but it isn’t.

If two fonts have the same size, I think there may be a dimension which has the same length in both. Which one is this?

None. The font decides about its size. -- Ulrike Fischer https://www.troubleshooting-tex.de/