Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/10/13
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]As a flood of others will no doubt attest, "pica" was the spacing of the type on those fine old mechanical objects (not the typeface). "Pica" = 10 characters per inch. The other one was "Elite", which I believe was 12 characters per inch. Each typewriter had it's own type face (or multiple fonts), but most followed one or the other of those spacing rules. Mike Quinn B. D. Colen wrote: > Well it is that....but pica was also the standard typeface on most > typewriters - you know, those mechanical devices that used to be used to > print letters on processed wood pulp and rags.;-) - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html