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Article #1541Re: ruler.ps - an inch/point ruler of your very own
From: Barry Smith
Date: Mon, 15 Jan 1990 20:17
Date: Mon, 15 Jan 1990 20:17
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While improving the signal/noise ratio, you might correct a common error: there are slightly more than 72 points to the inch. (72.27 is also easy to remember.) Of course the arithmetic would be easier if pi WAS three... References: any real type ruler The TeXbook, D.E.Knuth, p. 57 an NBS standard, don't have it handy... ---- Barry Smith, Blue Sky Research
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!yale!mintaka!mit-eddie!uw-beaver!zephyr.ens.tek.com!tektronix!reed!barry From: barry@reed.UUCP (Barry Smith) Newsgroups: comp.lang.postscript Subject: Re: ruler.ps - an inch/point ruler of your very own Summary: not 72 points to the inch Keywords: points standards Message-ID: <13876@reed.UUCP> Date: 15 Jan 90 20:17:43 GMT References: <21772@uflorida.cis.ufl.EDU> Reply-To: barry@reed.UUCP (Barry Smith) Organization: Blue Sky Research, Portland OR Lines: 13