Picas vs InchesWritten by Maricon Williams
Points and Picas is standard measurement for type. Once you’re familiar that 12 inches = 1 foot and 12 points = 1 pica, it’ll be easy.According to Mars Crash Prevention, A pica is a unit of space equal to 1/6th of an inch. There are 6 picas to an inch. Actually there are 6.022499489 picas to inch but 6 is accepted number. That's pretty simple. A point is equal to one 1/12 of a pica. So, if there are 12 points in a pica and 6 picas to an inch, you get 72 points to inch. And this does matter because we use this every day. When somebody says use 72-point type, they mean 1 inch high type. 36-point type is 1/2 inch tall. In Points and Picas, Stan Ketterer discussed, “The basic units of measurement in design are points and picas. You use points to measure type size. Headlines are measured in points. When you dummy a headline on a page, however, you must convert points to picas because pages are dummied in picas and sometimes column inches. A column inch is one inch of type over one column. There are 12 points in a pica. If you divide point size of a headline by 12, you get number of picas. For example, if you have a 48-point headline and want to know how many picas to allow for it, take following steps: 1) Because there are 12 points in a pica, divide 48 by 12 to get number of picas. 48/12= 4 picas.
| | A Graphic Designer's Top Ten Resolutions for 2005Written by Nashville
When we were still kids, we always looked forward to New Year’s Day to prepare our resolutions. Others really use these resolutions to guide them all throughout year. But I didn’t have that love for resolution-making. I know that I’ll not be able to live by it so I’d rather not take time to do such thing. Anyway, I’ve learned that a graphic designer named Judy Litt has come up with her top ten resolutions in graphic designing.As a graphic designer, Litt stresses more on productivity, marketability, time management, networking and knowledge acquisition. It’s not bad to set yourself a quota on number of designs that you need to finish in a matter of minutes as long as quality of design is not compromised. Also, it’s necessary to devise realistic and feasible marketing strategies from time to time. It’s also good to be a part of an organization with people inclined also in graphic designing for you to be more exposed and be more oriented in this line of work. As old cliché says, learning is a continuous process – this also deals with graphic designers. You should always know and learn latest trends in graphic design. Remember, we learn new things everyday. This will surely make you more effective in your craft.
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