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:
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?
\documentclass[12pt]{article}
.