In typography, the basic unit of type measurement used in North America and Great Britain, equal to one-seventy-second of an inch, or approximately one-twelfth of a pica, in contrast to the Didot point widely used in Europe. See Point System.
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In typography, the basic unit of type measurement used in North America and Great Britain, equal to one-seventy-second of an inch, or approximately one-twelfth of a pica, in contrast to the Didot point widely used in Europe. See Point System.