[OS X TeX] Re: More about Adobe fonts...

[William Adams]

I'd quoted xpedra saying:

>>By the way, 
>>since I began to use the Adobe Garamond font I have noticed the 12pt 
>>size font is smaller for this typeface  than the CMR 12pt one. Is it 
>>usual?

replying:
>Yes, typefaces are designed on an em-square and may take up more or less
>of that---the placement of the x-height on the square will vary as well,
>and Adobe Garamond is fairly low.

One further bit of information---CMR incorporates optical scaling, so
the 12pt. size (say) is different from the 18 pt.

Adobe Garamond was based on the ``vraye parangonne'' (sp. may be
approximate) size which is approximately 18 pts., and aside from the
spiffy all-caps Titling font, small caps and super/sub-scripts, doesn't
have optical adjustment.

William

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