On 19 Feb, 2010, at 03:08, Martin Schröder wrote:
> 2010/2/19 Axel E. Retif <axel.retif at mac.com>:
>> \renewcommand{\normalsize}{\fontsize{12.045pt}{14pt}\selectfont}
>
> TeX knows PostScript points as bp, so
>
> \renewcommand{\normalsize}{\fontsize{12bp}{14bp}\selectfont}
Oh! You're right! With this Acrobat says it's a 12pt font size.
Best,
Axel