It will change with the type. Point size is just a relative measurement. There will be some relationship in size from font to font but not a precise one. Sometimes the difference can be huge. If you want to answer the question you have to choose a type & then measure. Why do you want to know? What is your purpose?

I’m sure someone else would say this if I didn’t, but you need to do a little of your own research - check the definitions of ‘leading’ and ‘point’.

Actually that was a little uncharitable, plus I disagree with Eben!

If you mean 10pt type on 11pt leading, your lines will be 11pt apart, and so 58 lines will be the same height whatever font you use; however, the amount of text which will fit on this number of lines will vary.

You’re both right!

Height: ~22.5 cm.
Width: Depends on the font.

And the font will also determine if such a
fixed setting ends up looking right or wrong.

hhp

Oh, how I loved using my assortment of pica gauges, printer’s rule and my favorite 18″ newspaper agate-to-inch-to pica/point-to-centimeter stainless steel rule! Believe it or not, some guys even had scabbards for their “blades.”

58 lines at 10, 11, 12, 14 points of lead converted to inches, agate lines, centimeters? Easy, just place your thumbnail at 58 and flip over the ruler!

Or take your Haberule and lay it against a centimeter rule.

ChrisL

Elliot is right that it is theoretically possible to make different fonts take up the same amount of space by altering sizes & line space. Muy fancy.

The height of the block of text from ascender of the top line to descender of the bottom line will be 22.43cm (636pts)* the top line won’t have any leading above it so it isn’t 22.50cm (638pts). This is only pedantry and won’t really affect a mark-up for text with such tight leading and the difference will only be tenths of a millimetre.

*This figure is likely too high since the actual height of a font rarely takes up the full point size it is designated.
Tim

thanks a lot for your replies :)