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From: ralph@mtunq.ATT.COM (Ralph Brandi)
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Subject: Re: abbreviation for picas?
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Date: 31 Aug 90 14:22:00 GMT
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In article <7633@ucdavis.ucdavis.edu> lim@iris.ucdavis.edu (Lloyd Lim) writes:

>Is there an abbreviation that people use for picas?

The general convention is that a `p' after a number denotes picas,
and before a number denotes points.  So 6 picas would be written

6p

and 6 points would be written

p6

You can combine the two as well, so 6 picas and 6 points would be
written

6p6

I've also seen a triangle used for picas.
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