Who uses points?

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From: William Roberts
Date: Thu, 20 Mar 1986 11:40

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The PostScript manual says that a printers' point is 1/72 of an
inch (or possibly 1/72.27 of an inch).  Does this mean that
points are a UK/US unit only, or do printers everywhere use
them?  Where does the 72.27 come from?
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William Roberts                 ARPA: liam@UK.AC.qmc.cs
Queen Mary College              UUCP: liam@qmc-cs.UUCP
LONDON, UK

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From: liam@cs.qmc.ac.uk (William Roberts)
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Subject: Who uses points?
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Date: Thu, 20-Mar-86 06:40:37 EST
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Posted: Thu Mar 20 06:40:37 1986
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Keywords: points typesetting