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# What PT Means in Printing for Paper Thickness, Line Weight and Font Size

PT means thousandths of an inch, so 10pt paper is 0.010 inch thick. Get the 10pt to 32pt ladder in mm and gsm, plus pt for stroke weight and font size.

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