On Tue, Oct 16, 2018 at 7:51 PM Pablo Rodriguez <oinos@gmx.es> wrote:
On 10/15/18 10:59 PM, Hans Hagen wrote:
>>> [...]
>>> 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.
> actually, the designer ... anyway, one can compare 10pt dejavu with 10pt
> latin modern and 10pt lucida and you'll see that there is no real
> standard in size

Many thanks for your reply, Hans.

I thought that I was missing something. For sure, but it was the
explanation why there is no standarization in size.

Nice to/must have :

Fonts & Encodings
Book by Yannis Haralambous

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/typography/
and pdf at 
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/typography/opbuildpdf/TOC.pdf?branch=live


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luigi