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The latter term is certainly technical, but does not have to involve digital font files. It implies actual measurement, is all. Certainly there were vertical metrics in hot metal or even foundry metal. Most notably the baseline, but others as well.... No?
Thomas Phinney
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2026-05-20 21:59:51 UTC
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