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>>Got it! The number of characters that could be put on a label. Does this mean we now have to start paying royalties to Avery?
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>Ok, I'll explain since I forgot the word 'label'.
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>Characters in 'regular' mode on the old printers were typically 10 point. That is, you could get 10 per inch. That meant for a 3 1/2" label you could typically get 35 characters. Vertically you could either get 8 or 8 lines depending on how the font was constructed.

Yup.