Unfortunately, many fonts are not standardized (think handwritten, funky, artsy fonts), so these ratios may not apply. font, no matter the font, it should be 3/8 of an inch tall, using our 72 point to 1 inch ratio. Arial, Times New Roman, Calibri, etc.) tend to abide very closely to these rules, so these are your most accurate bet for converting from points to inches. It then measures from the lowest descender (valley) of the font to the top of the lowercase x.

Point size measures from the height of the highest ascender (peak) to the baseline of the lowercase x.

POINT SIZE - includes all three of these elements.

DESCENDERS - lines that extend below the base 'x' character.

ASCENDERS - lines that extend above the base 'x' character.

X-HEIGHT - height of the lowercase 'x' character.

But there are some contingencies that I'll explain next. Helpful visual from James Madison University School of Media Arts & Design) about point size measurement and inches. So what is 3/8 of an inch in point size you might ask? This fixed height measurement is useful when regulatory laws dictate that your product must have labels with a minimum font height of 3/8 of an inch, for example. When measuring fonts in inches, you are measuring the fixed height of the font. Unfortunately, choosing the size of font is art and a science, and it can get a little confusing. We often get customers designing labels on our custom label tool who have strict guidelines they need to meet. Point size is great for keeping consistency across documents at school, your website or in your business, but converting points to inches or millimeters is something many small business owners and employees have to try and figure out on a daily basis in order to meet industry regulations. If you're not a graphic artist, you're probably most familiar with point size from your high school or college days. When creating and designing custom labels online, which is what we do here at LabelValue, the standard unit of measurement for text is the point (pt).

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