Inches option for typing

Forum|Forum|3 months ago
October 30, 2025
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Whoever decided to remove inches as a formatting option might want to add it back again. Because it's frustrating for those who rely on inches for their projects and do not want to sit there to have to convert.

Switching everything to pixels by default makes sense for some creators, but many creators still rely on inches & or prefer them, especially those from a more traditional background.

Sometimes, it’s better to leave all options available—if it isn’t broken, don’t fix it.

I look forward to hearing a response, because this is very frustrating.

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ExUSA

Genius

Just a slight bit of pedantry, points can be set to 72 or 72.27 per inch. I've always used 72 per inch while doing design work.

D Fosse

Community Expert

Inches is avalable as general unit (rulers), but not for type. There you only have pixels, points and millimeters. Don't know if this is just an oversight or a deliberate decision (FWIW, given that a point = 1/72 inches, you sort of already have it.)

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jackrx1Author

Participant

Inch use to be able for type

Glenn 8675309

Legend

I think it's because you simply don't need to worry about text size. Make it as big as you need. Does not matter if it's inches feet pixels or corndogs, just make fit your space.

Not once in projects has a customer ever said "I need text 1" tall"-- customers simply often don't know what they need. You also have to take into consideration of the output medium- print vs online for example. I've never ever had anyone measure the size of any text with a ruler.

Now in school: If the rubric calls for a 18 font, that's what you use. If the rubric calls for a 72 pt font, then that's what you use. You simple will not tell a student "make your text 1 inch tall"-- you ask a student to show you what size of font they used, or you show them what size, in points, never in inches.