Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

characters per inch

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.31 in modern English

Syllables
char-ac-ter-s per inch
IPA
31
Scrabble Score
17
Letters
4
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A unit of measurement of the number of typographic characters that fit on a one inch line of printed type. This unit is mainly used to specify font sizes that have the same width for each character (monospaced), however it may also be used to give an average for fonts with characters of varying widths.

noun

A unit of measurement of the number of characters per inch ("linear packing density") when storing data on certain types of magnetic media or tape, used to measure storage density that the encoding medium possesses.

Example Sentences

Inflected Forms

cpi (abbreviation)

Frequently Paired Words

dpi ppi pitch

Questions

What does characters per inch mean?
A unit of measurement of the number of typographic characters that fit on a one inch line of printed type. This unit is mainly used to specify font sizes that have the same width for each character (monospaced), however it may also be used to give an average for fonts with characters of varying widths.

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