LaTeX font-size vs. word font-size

Asked Dec 25 '13 at 12:33

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I need to write an assignment, and my professor told me that I had to use MS Word with the "font-size 12". I assume, he means this number:

Example MS-Word-Picture

He is not a technical person, so he doesn't really know what this number represants and he cannot tell me.

I myself have never used MS Word, I am a linux-user and I'm writing my assignment with LaTex (which he actually allows me to do), because that's just my workflow and the results look way better.

Whatever, my question is, when he tells me to use "font-size 12" (in MS-Word), which is it? Is it 12pt, 12mm, 12px, 12em, ..?

Which font-size should I specify in my documentclass to (kind of) fit his requirements?

edited Jan 21 '14 at 09:36

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asked Dec 25 '13 at 12:33

Perik Onti

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Does Setting a document in MS Word-12pt (12bp) help you? But one could argue that 1/1606 inches are not really visible and just go with \documentclass[12pt]{article}. – moewe Dec 25 '13 at 12:45
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I think Word font-sizes are point sizes. So it's probably just a question of specifying 12pt size in your documentclass declaration. – Hammerite Dec 25 '13 at 12:46
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The big question is whether he expects a paper or a file. – John Kormylo Dec 26 '13 at 15:27

LaTeX font-size vs. word font-size

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