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::::: <i>This page is based on Taco's explanation in the list [2018-12-19].</i>
====== ''The font designer decides on the ‘natural’ size of the font.There are two parts to this.'' ======
There are two parts to this: * First, what the ‘natural’ size indicates is the designer’s
_intended use size_ for the font, such that when you plan
to use the font “Times-Roman” without any special rescaling,
it should in fact be equivalent to “Times-Roman at ’natural size’”.
For most fonts, this ‘natural size’ is 10pt10 pt, but special display
or footnote fonts may have a different intended use size, and the
font designer may have made special glyph adjustments for that
thinner and weaker than the actual font designed for 8pt.
* Second, a design size in points like ‘10pt’ is somewhat misleading,
because what it actually is, is just a different way of saying “at
the expected size for traditional main text”. The “10pt" is not