The font font is what?

The size of the font is the size of the line in which the letter is located. It includes both the height of the highest sign (line), the outline elements (lower or upper serifs), and the shoulders. The latter exist so that the letters next to each other on adjacent lines are not "superimposed" on each other. In other words, these are the gleams from all sides of the site on which the printed text is located.

Few ordinary users of a laptop or laptop can immediately understand what is at stake. If expressed in more understandable words, then size is the size of the font. Its unit of measure is typographic points (Fri). They are converted to millimeters in the Did system. 1 pt = 0.376 mm. That is, if a person types the text with 10 pins, his height will be 3.76 mm.

Font format in Microsoft Word

When working with text editors from Microsoft, it is necessary to well imagine what the font (size) in the Word is and how to handle it. This is due to the fact that he determines the overall appearance of the document, that is, his face.

In order to properly design this or that page, you need to configure or, as the programmers express, format the font. This process combines both fragmentary changes and symbol-by-symbol. It:

• Underlining;
• Width;
• Colour;
• Selection of a specific font;
• Outline;
• Font size (size);
• Kerning;
• bias;
• Special effects;
• Indexing.

Fonts are alphabetic and symbolic sets, which, in turn, are combined among themselves by stylistic and compositional settings. They are created by graphic designers thanks to the necessary software.

Characteristics of fonts

Before you start to master the concept of "font" (size) in Word, you need to familiarize yourself with the basic characteristics of the text.

• Register. Configured in the context menu "Font". Allows you to quickly change lowercase and uppercase letters. There are 5 types of registers:

1. "As in the sentence." It is by default. Each sentence begins with a capital letter, followed by lowercase letters.
2. "All lower case". All text to which this register is applied is printed in lower case letters.
3. "All uppercase." All signs are capitalized.
4. "Begin with capital letters." In the epics and tales there are examples of this register: each word begins with a capital letter.
5. "Change the register". The words in the text begin with lowercase.

• Underline. Use underscore words or the entire text to highlight any aspects. By default, one solid line is used, however, in the settings you can set as wavy, dash-dot, double line, and others.
• Width. It is adjusted so that the height of the sign is combined with the width. There are three types: wide, normal, narrow. In Word, the second type is installed by default.
• Colour. Color text on the screen, as well as when printing. For the standard in a text editor, the value "Auto" (black) is accepted.
• Headset. The connection of fonts that have one pattern, but a different size and style. The name of the headset, as a rule, corresponds to the developer's name. In older versions of Word, Times New Roman is installed by default, in newer versions (from 2007) - Calibri.
• Inscription. Change the appearance of a font from one headset. There are three types: underline, italic and bold. The last inscription in the people is usually called "bold", but this option is incorrect. Combinations of possible outlines can be used simultaneously or separately.
• Kegl. This is the font size determined by the height of the letter or symbol. Each item has its own name. For example, eight-millimeter - "Petite", and six-millimeter - "Nonparel". The name clearly shows that the names of the pins went from French words.
• Kerning. This is called increasing or decreasing the size of the letter spacing.
• Bias. Non-standard text placement on a horizontal line. An example is an ordinary verse "ladder", in which each line has its own indent, different from the previous one.
• Special effects or animation settings. Highlight text in certain styles that have graphic effects (3D, shadow, volume).
• Indexing. Use of a superscript or a subscript. These symbols are also called the upper and lower index. The most important is indexing in mathematical, chemical and physical formulas, where it is necessary to put a degree or valency. It should be remembered that the font (size) in Word also changes for such elements.

Font size

As already mentioned above, the size is measured at typographic points. You should know that the fonts of different headsets, but of the same size, do not look the same visually.

Most of the office documents are drawn in the font size of 11-12 points, for control, diploma and coursework, the font is 14 pt.

If the text has already been typed, and you want to change its size, select the fragment and select the desired item in the context menu .

Diamond

3 font size is a diamond. It is so small that it is used, perhaps, in indexation. Regular superscripts or subscripts are not printed in this size, and for superindexes (index indexes) is ideal.

Diamond

The same fine print as a diamond. Its size is 4 pt (in the Dido system only 1.5 mm). In official publications such as books, magazines or newspapers, it is practically not used.

In the XIX century, the font was called a 3-point font. He became famous due to the fact that in 1855 he was published Krylov's "Fables". At that time, this book was the smallest pre-revolutionary Russia that existed in all its life.

Pearl

5 font size is a pearl. The first use of this size was recorded in 1627. In millimeters its height is no more than 1.88 mm. The name is somewhat outdated, among programmers and in the printing industry it is not used.

Nonpareil

This is the font size of 6 pt. Such a font is used to sign reference books, designations of figures, bibliography, small tables and text from a reference. From French, the title is translated as "incomparable".

Minion

7 font size is "cute". The Mignon is also called the "Monion" and the "Colonel". It is used in small dictionaries, reference books, encyclopedias. Meet this font can be in newspaper notes. Its size is about 2.5 mm.

Petite

The size of the petite is 8 pt. It is one of the most common. It is often used as the main size for text in newspapers, magazines, encyclopedias and reference books. In publications where the main font is somewhat larger, petite is used for signatures, footnotes, formulas, tables and annotations.

Bourgeois

Kegl borges is often used for printing newspapers. The font size (in other words) is 9 pt or 3.38 mm. Since 1970 and to this day it is used to recruit books. Borges is recommended for use in such publications, where the string in length is not more than 5 squares.

Housing

Font size 10 - the body. They very often print books. The name is like an Italian word; For the first time, it was used when the "Corpus" of the Byzantine emperor Justinian I was released.

Pica

It has a size of 12 pt (4.2 mm). The name comes from the edition in which this peg was first used, "On Obligations," written by Cicero. In 1465 the book was published. In Russia, however, Cicero long considered (up to 1917) font size of 11 points.

Mittel

14 - the font size of this size (in Fri) is the most famous among PC users, it is called "Mittel". Used for the collection of official documents, books for pupils of general schools. According to the rules of ESKD, this size is a mandatory font size of the mentioned editions.