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Tag: point and pica
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The Origins of Points and Picas: From Musket Balls to Comic Sans
Keep your inch ruler at home because we only use points and picas around the shop here. The point and pica system is the cornerstone of typography and the whole letterpress printing system. The point is believed to have originated in the 15th century. It is the smallest unit of measurement for type, this size…