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From: kent@circus.camex.com (Kent Borg)
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Subject: Re: abbreviation for picas?
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Date: 4 Sep 90 22:53:14 GMT
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In article <1266@mtunq.ATT.COM> ralph@mtunq.ATT.COM (Ralph Brandi) writes:
>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.

I have also seen "o" for points, so one might write:

6p4o


f
o
d
d
e
r


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