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Cicero (typography)

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Cicero (and the points derived from cicero) was used in the early days of typography in continental Europe. In modern times, all computers use pica (and the points derived from pica) as font size measurement – alongside millimeters in countries using the
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Mario Tomiša, Damir Vusić, Marin Milković (September 2013). "The impact of the historical development of typography on modern classification of typefaces".
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There are about 1.066 picas to a cicero; a pica is 4.23333333 mm and a cicero is 4.51165812456 mm. 27: 1424: 1320: 1205: 1167: 1351: 420: 931: 1460: 577: 1455: 1417: 1335: 1152: 823: 760: 465: 388: 349: 226: 780: 503: 344: 1405: 1255: 755: 750: 663: 650: 483: 358: 252: 1047: 688: 542: 8: 1450: 1369: 1330: 1243: 992: 970: 960: 828: 435: 425: 381: 311: 1293: 1220: 1200: 1190: 1162: 1132: 1092: 719: 582: 567: 508: 498: 150: 1215: 1238: 1157: 1112: 1042: 513: 256: 112: 1124: 1077: 916: 863: 724: 534: 174: 32: 1260: 1147: 1142: 1062: 1030: 921: 658: 460: 1401: 1265: 1210: 1087: 890: 714: 668: 602: 572: 440: 146: 1444: 1057: 1025: 1015: 895: 268: 122: 1315: 1195: 1082: 1067: 1037: 997: 980: 734: 704: 678: 587: 430: 412: 1310: 1305: 1298: 1288: 1102: 1052: 1007: 947: 911: 882: 870: 850: 673: 625: 493: 334: 272: 1397: 1283: 1097: 987: 840: 833: 810: 765: 729: 683: 640: 635: 630: 615: 455: 450: 445: 404: 297:"Father Truchet, the typographic point, the Romain du roi, and tilings" 276: 201: 136: 251:, and is divided into 12 points, known in English as French points or 775: 770: 547: 475: 1389: 1248: 1107: 926: 799: 785: 610: 562: 1072: 858: 709: 620: 552: 488: 259:, although the French inch was slightly larger than the English 975: 592: 221: 213: 209: 42: 189: 818: 557: 525: 373: 294: 205: 1174: 1020: 965: 260: 192: 160: 183: 126: 186: 180: 177: 255:. 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Unit system
typographic unit
length
historical French units
picas
metric
SI
mm
imperial
US
in
/ˈsɪsər/
typography
Italy
France
European
Pannartz and Sweynheim
Cicero
Epistulae ad Familiares
historical French inch
Didot points
pica
inch
metric system
line length
paper size
"Father Truchet, the typographic point, the Romain du roi, and tilings"
the original
CiteSeerX
10.1.1.944.672

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