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From: osborn@cs.utexas.edu (John Howard Osborn)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next
Subject: Re: Alternate printers (What the heck's a point?)
Keywords: Epson LQ-510, escape sequences, point, WriteNow
Message-ID: <17885@cs.utexas.edu>
Date: 14 Feb 91 18:53:23 GMT
References: <1991Feb14.121337.10982@investor.pgh.pa.us>
Organization: U. Texas CS Dept., Austin, Texas
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In article <1991Feb14.121337.10982@investor.pgh.pa.us> rbp@investor.pgh.pa.us (Bob Peirce #305) writes:
>I saw, except as noted below.  Now, what the heck's a point? 

1 point = 1/72 inch.  (ie, 72 point type is 1 inch tall)

In office supply stores, by the way, you should be able to buy an
eye-piece that allows you to accurately measure point size.

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-John H. Osborn
-osborn@cs.utexas.edu