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Didot point system

[ dee-doh ]

noun

, Printing.
  1. a Continental system of measurement for type, based on a unit of 0.0148 inch (0.3759 millimeter).

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Word History and Origins

Origin of Didot point system1

Named after François Ambrose Didot (1730–1804), French printer who devised it

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