Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/10/14
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I am not a type writer expert, Mike, and what you say about pica and elite certainly rings various rusty bells....BUT...one of the "type faces" availble back when for the Hermes 3000 portable typewriter was called "Petite-Pica." So while pica is definitely a measurement unit, it can also be a type face. B. D. - -----Original Message----- From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us [mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us] On Behalf Of Mike Quinn Sent: Monday, October 13, 2003 9:16 PM To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us Subject: Re: [Leica] Pika 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 - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html