I saw a huge - I mean ridiculously huge - cargo ship out in the Puget Sound yesterday afternoon. I'm talking about the kind of boat that leaves a lingering wake miles long because it displaces so much water. The name of the company was written on the side, and, maybe because the letters were in such a common font, I found myself trying to figure out what point size they would be.

I must be spending too much time in the company of typeface.

And frankly I find it no consolation that I'm not the first person to think "Typeface" sounds like it should be the name of a comic book villain.

So the letters looked about 12 feet high...12 inches to a foot...60 points to inch...so 8640. Give or take.