In typography , the point is the smallest unit of measure . It is used for measuring font size, leading , and other items on a printed page. The size of the point has varied throughout printing's history. Since the 18th century, the size of a point has been between 0.18 and 0.4 millimeters . Following the advent of desktop publishing in the 1980s and 1990s, digital printing has largely supplanted the letterpress printing and has established the desktop publishing ( DTP ) point as the de facto standard . The DTP point is defined as 1 ⁄ 72 of an inch (0.3528 mm) and, as with earlier American point sizes, is considered to be 1 ⁄ 12 of a pica .
47-537: For technical reasons , "Point #1" redirects here. For the studio album by Chevelle, see Point No. 1 . [REDACTED] Look up point , Points , or points in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. A point is a small dot or the sharp tip of something. Point or points may refer to: Mathematics [ edit ] See also: List of mathematical properties of points Point (geometry) , an entity that has
94-618: A 2001 album by Cornelius Point #1 , a 1999 album of Chevelle Point Music , a record label Points (album) , by jazz pianist Matthew Shipp " The Points ", a 1995 single and video from the Panther soundtrack Point (Yello album) , a 2020 album by Yello "Point", a song by the American band Bright from their self-titled album Other uses in arts, entertainment, and media [ edit ] High card points , used for hand evaluation in contract bridge Le Point ,
141-542: A Fournier point of about 0.345 mm ; later sources state it as being 0.348 75 mm . To avoid confusion between the new and the old sizes, Didot also rejected the traditional names, thus parisienne became corps 5, nonpareille became corps 6, and so on. The Didot system prevailed because the French government demanded printing in Didot measurements. Approximations were subsequently employed, largely owing to
188-415: A French weekly On Point , a radio show Point Broadcasting , a radio broadcasting company Pointe technique , a ballet technique for dancing on the tips of toes Take Point (2018), a South Korean action film Other uses [ edit ] Point (coat color) , animal fur coloration of the extremities Point (geography) , a peninsula or headland Point (surname) , a surname Make
235-478: A bit larger than English points at around 0.350 mm . The Truchet point , the first modern typographic point, was 1 ⁄ 144 of a French inch or 1 ⁄ 1728 of the royal foot . It was invented by the French clergyman Sébastien Truchet . During the metrication of France amid its revolution , a 1799 law declared the meter to be exactly 443.296 French lines long. This established
282-400: A change in percentage absolutely Pivot point (technical analysis) , a price level of significance in analysis of a financial market that is used as a predictive indicator of market movement "Points", the term for profit sharing in the American film industry, where creatives involved in making the film get a defined percentage of the net profits or even gross receipts Royalty points ,
329-420: A demo, Chevelle played small concerts for three years until being signed to Steve Taylor 's independent Christian label Squint Entertainment . The band recorded for 17 days at Electrical Audio with producer Steve Albini , famous for his work with the likes of Nirvana , Cheap Trick , and PJ Harvey . According to Chevelle frontman Pete Loeffler , Albini gave their album an unrefined " indie feel" in which
376-518: A hundredth of an inch or 0.254 mm, a unit of measurement formerly used for rainfall in Australia Paris point , 2/3 cm, used for shoe sizes Points of the compass , one of the 32 directions on a traditional compass, equal to one eighth of a right angle (11.25 degrees) In typography [ edit ] Point , a unit of measurement used in printing A dot grapheme Full point Interpoint Decimal point ,
423-417: A length to the royal foot of 9000 ⁄ 27 706 m or about 325 mm. The Truchet point therefore became equal to 15 625 ⁄ 83 118 mm or about 0.187 986 mm . It has also been cited as exactly 0.188 mm. The Fournier point was established by Pierre Simon Fournier in 1737. The system of Fournier was based on a different French foot of c. 298 mm. With
470-420: A location in space or on a plane, but has no extent; more generally, an element of some abstract topological space Point, or Element (category theory) , generalizes the set-theoretic concept of an element of a set to an object of any category Critical point (mathematics) , a stationary point of a function of an arbitrary number of variables Decimal point Point-free geometry Stationary point ,
517-681: A point in the domain of a single-valued function where the value of the function ceases to change Places [ edit ] Point, Cornwall , England, a settlement in Feock parish Point, Lewis , a peninsula in the Outer Hebrides, Scotland Point, Texas , a city in Rains County, Texas, United States Point, the NE tip and a ferry terminal of Lismore , Inner Hebrides, Scotland Points, West Virginia , an unincorporated community in
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#1732765891594564-525: A point of 2 ⁄ 5 mm or 0.400 mm in about 1810 and continues to use this measurement today (though "recalibrated" to 0.398 77 mm ). Japanese and German standardization bodies instead opted for a metric typographic base measure of exactly 1 ⁄ 4 mm or 0.250 mm , which is sometimes referred to as the quart in Japan. The symbol Q is used in Japanese after
611-426: A point or come to a point, a hunting term referring to a pointing dog 's standing rigid and facing the prey On point , someone who possesses abundant and various qualities of competence, leadership or style, or to specific acts which demonstrate such qualities Point man, one who takes point (defined below) on patrol, the lookout in the commission of a crime, a defense position in ice hockey, or someone who leads
658-514: A positive review, noting how Albini helped the band "create forceful, mercurial indie rock " and added "In line with Chicago's ambitious music scene, Chevelle's challenging take on rock is also a rewarding one." Chevelle received GMA Dove Awards for the more popular song "Mia" in 2000 and "Point #1" in 2001. The album also received an award for "Hard Music Album" in 2000 by the Dove Awards. Point #1 has earned Chevelle many comparisons to
705-544: A side length of that particular length in points. Although the letters of a font usually fit within the font's em square, there is not necessarily any size relationship between the two, so the point size does not necessarily correspond to any measurement of the size of the letters on the printed page. The point was first established by the Milanese typographer , Francesco Torniella da Novara ( c. 1490 – 1589) in his 1517 alphabet, L'Alfabeto . The construction of
752-713: A type-foundry. Around 1790, Bache published a specimen sheet with some Fournier types. After the death of Franklin, the matrices and the Fournier mould were acquired by Binny and Ronaldson, the first permanent type-foundry in America. Successive mergers and acquisitions in 1833, 1860 and 1897 saw the company eventually become known as MacKellar, Smith & Jordan. The Fournier cicero mould was used by them to cast pica-sized type. Nelson Hawks proposed, like Fournier, to divide one American inch exactly into six picas, and one pica into 12 points. However, this saw an opposition because
799-458: A way of sharing profit between companies and unit holders Vigorish point, the commission charged on a gambling bet or loanshark's loan Measurement units [ edit ] Point (gemstone) , 2 milligrams, or one hundredth of a carat Point, in hunting, the number of antler tips on the hunted animal (e.g. 9 point buck) Point, for describing paper-stock thickness , a synonym of mil and thou (one thousandth of an inch) Point,
846-541: A whole number of physical pixels in order to accommodate for screen size, pixel density and typical viewing distance. This Cocoa point is equivalent to the pixel px unit in CSS , the density-independent pixel dp on Android and the effective pixel epx or ep in Windows UWP . In lead typecasting, most font sizes commonly used in printing have conventional names that differ by country, language and
893-586: Is also one of 0.35 mm which is almost exactly 1 pica point. In other words, 2 mm = 1 ⁄ √8 mm approximates an English typographic point rather well. The basic unit of measurements in American typography was the pica, usually approximated as one sixth of an inch, but the exact size was not standardized, and various type foundries had been using their own. During and after the American Revolutionary War , Benjamin Franklin
940-399: Is composed by Chevelle Chevelle Production Point (typography) In metal type, the point size of the font describes the height of the metal body on which the typeface 's characters were cast. In digital type, letters of a font are designed around an imaginary space called an em square . When a point size of a font is specified, the font is scaled so that its em square has
987-441: Is defined as 1 ⁄ 72 or 0.013 8 of the international inch, making it equivalent to 25.4 ⁄ 72 mm = 0.352 7 mm. Twelve points make up a pica, and six picas make an inch. This specification was developed by John Warnock and Charles Geschke when they created Adobe PostScript . It was adopted by Apple Computer as the standard for the display resolution of the original Macintosh desktop computer and
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#17327658915941034-523: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Point No. 1 Point #1 is the debut studio album by the American rock band Chevelle , released on May 4, 1999. It is the only Chevelle album released by Squint Entertainment and their only collaboration with producer Steve Albini . The album featured a notable single in its title track but achieved only minor success, especially compared to Chevelle's major label follow-up in 2002. After recording
1081-598: The dd unit. This has become the standard in Germany and Central and Eastern Europe. This size is still mentioned in the technical regulations of the Eurasian Economic Union . pdfTEX, but not plain TeX or LaTeX, also supports a new Didot point ( nd ) at 3 ⁄ 8 mm or 0.375 mm and refers to a not further specified 1978 redefinition for it. The French National Print Office adopted
1128-591: The Monotype Corporation in 1927. It was still a standard in Belgium , in parts of Austria, and in Northern France at the beginning of the 20th century. In Belgium, the Fournier system was used until the 1970s and later. It was called the "mediaan"-system. The Didot point , established by François-Ambroise Didot in 1783, was an attempt to improve the Fournier system. He did not change
1175-400: The Didot point's unwieldy conversion to metric units (the divisor of its conversion ratio has the prime factorization of 3 × 7 × 1979 ). In 1878, Hermann Berthold defined 798 points as being equal to 30 cm, or 2660 points equalling 1 meter: that gives around 0.376 mm to the point. A more precise number, 0.376 065 mm , sometimes is given; this is used by TeX as
1222-636: The German, Dutch, French, Polish and all other manuals elsewhere on the European continent for the composition caster and the super-caster are different in quite some details. The Monotype wedges used at the European continent are marked with an extra E behind the set-size: for instance: 5-12E, 1331-15E etc. When working with the E-wedges in the larger sizes the differences will increase even more. The desktop publishing point (DTP point) or PostScript point
1269-499: The United States Business and finance [ edit ] Point (loyalty program) , a type of virtual currency in common use among mercantile loyalty programs, globally Point (mortgage) , a percentage sometimes referred to as a form of pre-paid interest used to reduce interest rates in a mortgage loan Basis point , 1/100 of one percent, denoted bp , bps , and ‱ Percentage points , used to measure
1316-434: The album's title track has remained a common part of the band's concert set list. Nevertheless, the band's major label debut, Wonder What's Next , has since been regarded by the band as their "first" album. Chevelle toured with various alternative metal bands to promote their debut album. This would influence their shift to a heavier sound on future albums. Albini and an aspiring comedian named Fred Armisen starred in
1363-470: The alphabet is the first based on logical measurement called "Punto," which corresponds to the ninth part of the height of the letters or the thickness of the principal stroke . A measurement in points can be represented in three different ways. For example, 14 points (1 pica plus 2 points) can be written: There have been many definitions of a "point" since the advent of typography. Traditional continental European points at about 0.375 mm are usually
1410-509: The band's Point #1 EPK (electronic press kit)—several years before Armisen became famous on Saturday Night Live . A year after the album's debut, a single was released in the title track which landed a marginal spot on the Mainstream Rock chart and had an accompanying music video. "Mia" had also been released as a single the year prior. It also had a video. Critical reception for Point #1 varied. Heather Phares of AllMusic gave
1457-784: The defense of a political position Point mutation , a change in a single nucleotide Take point (or walk point, be on point, or be a point man), to be the lead, and likely most vulnerable, soldier, vehicle, or unit in a combat military formation Point University , West Point, Georgia See also [ edit ] Endpoint (disambiguation) Lapointe (disambiguation) , also Lepoint/La Pointe/Le Point Midpoint (disambiguation) Point Lookout (disambiguation) Pointing (disambiguation) Points system (disambiguation) Start Point (disambiguation) The Point (disambiguation) Tipping point (disambiguation) All pages with titles beginning with Point All pages with titles containing Point Topics referred to by
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1504-444: The final product. Although they enjoyed working with him, Chevelle wanted to find a different producer to resolve the issue; however, their label gave them no choice but to work with Albini once again. The second phase of recording was, according to Loeffler, much more laid back and relaxed in which Albini "really opened up." Largely thanks to Albini's influence, Point #1 is notably less intense than future Chevelle material; however,
1551-474: The front; e.g., two points to starboard is 2:00 Points of sail , a sailing boat's course in relation to wind direction Point system (driving) , a system of demerits for driving offenses Projectile point , a hafted archaeological artifact used as a knife or projectile tip Public Oregon Intercity Transit , styled POINT, a public transit system Arts, entertainment, and media [ edit ] Music [ edit ] Point (Cornelius album) ,
1598-584: The inch by Donald Knuth for the default unit of his TeX computer typesetting system and is thus sometimes known as the TeX point , which is 0. 351 459 80 mm. Although the English Monotype manuals used 1 pica = .1660 inch, the manuals used on the European continent use another definition: there 1 pica = .1667 inch, the Old English pica. As a consequence all the tables of measurements in
1645-442: The initial letter of quarter millimeter . Due to demand by Japanese typesetters, CSS adopted Q in 2015. ISO 128 specifies preferred line thicknesses for technical drawings and ISO 9175 specifies respective pens. The steps between nominal sizes are based on a factor of √2 ≈ 1.414 in order to match ISO 216 paper sizes . Since the set of sizes includes thicknesses of 0.1 mm, 0.5 mm, 1 mm and 2 mm, there
1692-495: The largest of the 23 foundries that would merge in 1892 to form the American Type Founders Co. The official definition of one pica is 0.166044 inches (4.2175 mm), and one point is 0.013837 inches (0.3515 mm). That means 6 picas or 72 points constitute 0.996 24 standard inches. A less precise definition is one pica equals 0.166 inches (4.2 mm), and one point 0.01383 inches (0.351 mm). It
1739-400: The location of an ice hockey player Technology and transport [ edit ] Point, a data element in a SCADA system representing a single input or output Points, a contact breaker in an ignition system Points, a railroad switch (British English) Points, the clock position of an object seen from a moving vessel or aircraft on an imaginary horizontal clock with 12:00 at
1786-617: The majority of foundries had been using picas less than one sixth of an inch. So in 1886, after some examination of various picas, the Type Founders Association of the United States approved the pica of the L. Johnson & Co. foundry of Philadelphia (the " Johnson pica ") as the most established. The Johnson foundry was influential, being America's first and oldest foundry; established as Binny & Ronaldson in 1796, it would go through several names before being
1833-428: The mark used to separate an integer from a decimal part Sports [ edit ] Point (American football) Point (basketball) Point (ice hockey) Point (pickleball) Point (tennis) Point, fielding (cricket) Point, in sports Score Point guard , in basketball Points (association football) Points decision , in boxing and some other fighting sports The point (ice hockey) ,
1880-546: The print resolution for the LaserWriter printer. In 1996, it was adopted by W3C for Cascading Stylesheets (CSS) where it was later related at a fixed 3:4 ratio to the pixel due to a general (but wrong) assumption of 96 pixel-per-inch screens. Since the advent of high-density "Retina" screens with a much higher resolution than the original 72 dots per inch, Apple's programming environment Xcode sizes GUI elements in points that are scaled automatically to
1927-496: The recording process was essentially "plug in, he hits record, and you play." Loeffler added, "At the time I was shocked talking to someone who had worked closely to Kurt Cobain . It was a trip. It was really cool." Point #1 was recorded in standard D with an alternative metal approach. However, the band was left unsatisfied and feeling that he didn't achieve the tones and overall sound they were looking for. They called Albini and, much to his surprise, expressed disappointment with
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1974-446: The same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Point . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Point&oldid=1254433777 " Categories : Disambiguation pages Place name disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description
2021-520: The subdivisions (1 inch = 12 subdivisions = 72 points), but defined it strictly in terms of the royal foot , a legal length measure in France: the Didot point is exactly 1 ⁄ 864 of a French foot or 1 ⁄ 72 of a French inch, that is (by 1799) 15 625 ⁄ 41 559 mm or about 0.375 972 mm . Accordingly, one Didot point is exactly two Truchet points. However, 12 Fournier points turned out to be 11 Didot points, giving
2068-401: The successful rock band Tool . The music video for "Mia" was, like some of Tool's videos, completely stop motion animated. Additionally, Pete Loeffler 's vocals, like those of Maynard James Keenan , range from soft and melodic to brutal and gut-wrenching. "Long", for instance, is notable for Loeffler's climactic twelve-second-long scream. All lyrics are written by Pete Loeffler ; all music
2115-453: The usual convention that 1 foot equals 12 inches, 1 inch ( pouce ) was divided into 12 lines ( lignes ) and 1 line was further divided into 6 typographic points ( points typographiques ). One Fournier point is about 0.0135 English inches. Fournier printed a reference scale of 144 points over two inches; however, it was too rough to accurately measure a single point. The Fournier point did not achieve lasting popularity despite being revived by
2162-488: Was also noticed that 83 picas is nearly equal to 35 cm, so the Type Founders Association also suggested using a 35 cm metal rod for measurements, but this was not accepted by every foundry. This has become known as the American point system . The British foundries accepted this in 1898. In modern times this size of the point has been approximated as exactly 1 ⁄ 72.27 ( 0.013 837 000 138 37 ) of
2209-529: Was sent as commissioner (Ambassador) for the United States to France from December 1776 to 1785. While living there he had close contact with the Fournier family, including the father and Pierre Simon Fournier . Franklin wanted to teach his grandson Benjamin Franklin Bache about printing and typefounding, and arranged for him to be trained by Francois Ambroise Didot. Franklin then imported French typefounding equipment to Philadelphia to help Bache set up
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