A Clear Guide to Eyeglass and Frame Measurements
Regardless of whether you’re wearing your first or tenth pair of glasses, you can still be put off by phrases like “temples for temples” and “lens heights”, especially if you’re interested in buying your own frames. This visual guide will show you what all of these terms mean so you can buy with confidence.
This is another drawing from the staff at Zenni Optical (one of your favorite online eyewear retailers and, again, someone interested in you buying frames from them, so keep that in mind) but contained the information is useful to know. … Using the glasses as a guide, they draw a chart of lens heights and widths, frame widths, temples, etc., so you know what you’re looking at when a frame retailer – online or offline – explains his frame sizes. … They even offer some tips on how to make the lenses thinner and the frames more comfortable. Check out the entire picture below.
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