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From: woody@rpp386.cactus.org (Woodrow Baker)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.postscript
Subject: Re: ruler.ps - an inch/point ruler of your very own
Summary: which is what?
Message-ID: <17668@rpp386.cactus.org>
Date: 16 Jan 90 02:54:27 GMT
References: <21772@uflorida.cis.ufl.EDU> <1990Jan14.180821.18711@trigraph.uucp>, <cZgXrfy00VswM_8qsa@andrew.cmu.edu>
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In article <cZgXrfy00VswM_8qsa@andrew.cmu.edu>, jaap+@andrew.cmu.edu (Jaap Akkerhuis) writes:
> The discussion about the size of the point seems to pop up every couple
> of points. And yes, there is an official size defined by certain
> standard committees, which of course mobody cares about for obvious
> reasons as stated by Amanda. Speculations why Adobe choose 72
> points/inch and the relation to floating point, phases of the moon etc.
> are of course just speculations.
> 
> Excerpts from netnews.comp.lang.postscript: 15-Jan-90 Re: ruler.ps - an
> inch/poin.. Amanda Walker@mermaid.in (1282)
> 
> > It's actually even worse, especially if you take European conventions
> > into account.
> 
> 
> European conventions. Ha! Tell me about Europe. There are no such things
> as European conventions. There are a couple of different systems in use,
> what is in use in the U.S, is known as the Pica point system elsewhere
> in the world. Then of course there is the Didot, there are the
> augustijns etc. Anyway, officially, there is no need to use these old
> names which doesn't have any legel meaning, one should use the metric
> system!
> 
> 	jaap

I'm curious.  What is the measurement name for the metric system, and what measure does it
use.   I stand corrected on the 72.3 vs 72.27

Cheers
Woody
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