height-to-paper

[ hahyt-tuh-pey-per ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

, Printing.

the standard height of type, measured from the foot to the face, in the United States 0.918 inch (2.33 centimeters).

height-to-paper

the overall height of printing plates and type, standardized as 0.9175 inch (Brit) and 0.9186 inch (US)

First recorded in 1765–75

Height-to-paper—The length of a type from top to bottom, including feet and face.

The total length of a type, including feet and face, is its height-to-paper.

Its length (technically called height-to-paper) is .918 of an inch.

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