Agate (typography)
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Agate (typography)
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An agate (US) or ruby (UK) is a unit of typographical measure. It is 5.5 typographical points, or about 1⁄13 inch (1.94 mm). It can refer either to the height of a line of type or to a font that is 5.5 points. An agate font is commonly used to display statistical data or legal notices in newspapers. It is considered to be the smallest point size that can be printed on newsprint and remain legible. Due to the small size of agate compared to typical newspaper body text that might be 8 to 10 points
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Typographic unit; approximately 1.81 mm
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agate_(typography)
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2024-03-21T16:46:49Z
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