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Pitch (typewriter)

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of varying widths, while a monospaced (non-proportional or fixed-width) typeface uses a single standard width for all glyphs in the font. Consequently, the pitch of a proportionally spaced font is undefined.
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or compressed (17–20 cpi), italic or bold (10 pitch), enlarged (5–8 cpi), and so on.
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The Informatics Handbook: A guide to multimedia communications and broadcasting
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The most widespread fonts in typewriters are 10 and 12 pitch, called
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of an inch or twelve points, usually measured vertically.
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Pages displaying short descriptions of redirect targets
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The International Dictionary of Data Communications
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monospaced
running text
typewriter
impact printers
x-height
condensed
pica
Copyfitting
Courier (typeface)
Letter-spacing
Proportional spacing
glyphs


"Pitch"


"Pitch"


A Dictionary of Weights, Measures, and Units
ISBN
9780198605225
"100 typewriter typefaces compared"
Category
Typewriters

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