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Article #5326Re: Definition of Point - (nf)
From: tom
Date: Fri, 14 Oct 1988 11:43
Date: Fri, 14 Oct 1988 11:43
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In notesgroup <comp.text> hpsal2!morrell (Michael) writes > Does anyone know the exact definition of "point" (as in a 12-point font)? > Some references (most nroff manuals) say there are 72 points to the inch, > but others simply say (including my Webster's!!!) that a point is "nearly" > equal to 1/72 of an inch. Who is right? The size of one point was standardized in 1886 for the American point system, and fixed at 0.01384 inches, or almost exactly 1/72 inch. Sandra L.Emerson, Karen Paulsell troff typesetting for UNIX systems Prentice-Hall, Inc., Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey 07632 1/72 is equal to 0.0138888..., so your Webster's is right. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ __ _ _____ _______ Thomas Krickstadt | \ | | / ____\ | ______| Nixdorf Software Engineering GmbH | |\ \ | | | |____ | |__ Voltastr. 1 | | \ \| | \___ \ | __| D 1000 Berlin 65 | | \ | ____| | | |_____ Phone: ++49 030 46007 130 |_| \__| \_____/ |_______| UUCP : unido!nixpbe!krickstadt.bln ------------------------------------------------------------------------
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!water!watmath!clyde!att!osu-cis!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!rutgers!pyrnj!pyrdc!uunet!mcvax!unido!nsebln!tom From: tom@nsebln Newsgroups: comp.text Subject: Re: Definition of Point - (nf) Message-ID: <7500001@nsebln.UUCP> Date: 14 Oct 88 11:43:00 GMT References: <2610015@hpsal2.UUCP> Lines: 25 Nf-ID: #R:hpsal2:2610015:nsebln:7500001:000:1158 Nf-From: nsebln!tom Oct 14 12:43:00 1988