There are 12 points in a pica. There are 6 picas in an inch. This means there are 72 points in an inch. Letters that are 12 points or smaller are called text type or body type and are used in the body of a book or magazine article or any general reading. Typefaces that are larger than 12 points are called display type and are used for chapter headings or headlines.
Fonts come in many different sizes.
A collection of fonts in the same style, but of differing sizes is called a series . Here is a sample of a series of type. A basic font can be altered by applying a style change. A collection of fonts that share the same name, but have different styles is called a family of fonts. There are eight general classifications of fonts.